Simulations of water structure and the possibility of ice nucleation on selected crystal planes of K-feldspar

Molecular dynamics simulations are employed to investigate the structure of supercooled water (230 K) in contact with the (001), (010), and (100) surfaces of potassium feldspar (K-feldspar) in the microcline phase. Experimentally, K-feldspar and other feldspar minerals are known to be good ice-nucle...

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description Molecular dynamics simulations are employed to investigate the structure of supercooled water (230 K) in contact with the (001), (010), and (100) surfaces of potassium feldspar (K-feldspar) in the microcline phase. Experimentally, K-feldspar and other feldspar minerals are known to be good ice-nucleating agents, which play a significant role in atmospheric science. Therefore, a principal purpose of this work is to evaluate the possibility that the K-feldspar surfaces considered could serve as likely sites for ice nucleation. The (001) and (010) surfaces were selected for study because they are perfect cleavage planes of feldspar, with (001) also being an easy cleavage plane. The (100) surface is considered because some experiments have suggested that it is involved in ice nucleation. Feldspar is modeled with the widely used CLAYFF force field, and the TIP4P/Ice model is employed for water. We do not observe ice nucleation on any of the K-feldspar surfaces considered; moreover, the density profiles and the structure of water near these surfaces do not exhibit any particularly icelike features. Our simulations indicate that these surfaces of K-feldspar are likely not responsible for its excellent ice nucleating ability. This suggests that one must look elsewhere, possibly at water-induced surface rearrangements or some other “defect” structure, for an explanation of ice nucleation by K-feldspar.
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