Behavior of Supercooled Aqueous Solutions Stemming from Hidden Liquid-Liquid Transition in Water
arXiv:1404.2627 · doi:10.1063/1.4892972
Abstract
A popular hypothesis that explains the anomalies of supercooled water is the existence of a metastable liquid-liquid transition hidden below the line of homogeneous nucleation. If this transition exists and if it is terminated by a critical point, the addition of a solute should generate a line of liquid-liquid critical points emanating from the critical point of pure metastable water. We have analyzed thermodynamic consequences of this scenario. In particular, we consider the behavior of two systems, H2O-NaCl and H2O-glycerol. We find the behavior of the heat capacity in supercooled aqueous solutions of NaCl, as reported by Archer and Carter, to be consistent with the presence of the metastable liquid-liquid transition. We suggest an interpretation of the liquid-liquid transition in aqueous solutions of glycerol, recently observed by Murata and Tanaka, elucidating the non-conserved nature of the order parameter, its coupling with density and concentration, and the peculiarity of "spinodal decomposition without phase separation". We also show how the shape of the critical line in a solution controls the difference in concentration of the coexisting liquid phases.
arXiv comment12 pages; 6 figures; Added info to Fig. 4, added Fig. 5 on density maximum, removed figure (Fig. 6 in previous version); Added info to Appendix, clarified conclusion and introduction, added references; Conclusions unchanged
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