ATM S 510/ESS 531 “Physics of Ice” (3 credits)
General Information
Instructor: Stephen Warren, Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Schedule: T Th 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM; 406 ATG Building
Contact Information
Office: 524 ATG Building
Tel: 543-72300
sgw@atmos.washington.edu
Class Web Site: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/academics/classes/2010Q4/510.htm
General Information
This class provides an overview of the physical properties of ice and how they are related through the structure of the water molecules and their arrangement in ice. The following topics will be covered, and related where appropriate to topics of current research interest at UW.
Structure of the water molecule; hydrogen bonds
Equilibrium thermodynamics: Phase diagram for ice, crystal structure of ordinary ice
Other phases of ice (high pressure, low temperature) and their occurrence in the Solar System
Formation of ice from the vapor and from the liquid.
Optical properties of ice in ultraviolet, visible, infrared
Elastic and thermal properties, lattice vibrations
Ice surfaces: the ice-vapor interface, grain boundaries, veins and nodes
Defects and dislocations, and their effects:
Evolution of crystal shapes
Electrical properties
Mechanical properties
Migration of isotopes
Students will be assigned homework, a take-home midterm
exam, and a term paper.
There is no required textbook. Several reference books will be made available:
Petrenko and Whitworth: Ice Physics
Fletcher: The Chemical Physics of Ice
Hobbs: Ice Physics
Eisenberg and Kauzmann: The Structure and Properties of Water
Journal articles will be recommended as appropriate.