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Spectroscopic Measurement of the Vapour Pressure of Ice

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Author(s)

Katarzyna E. Bielska, Daniel K. Havey, Gregory E. Scace, D Lisak, Joseph T. Hodges

Abstract

We present a laser absorption technique to measure the vapor pressure of ice. This method is referenced to the triple point state of water and uses frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spec- troscopy to probe four rotation-vibration transitions of H16 2 O at wave numbers near 7180 cm¡1. Laser measurements are made at the output of a temperature-regulated standard humidity genera- tor which contains ice. The dynamic range of the technique is extended by measuring the relative intensities of three weak/strong transition pairs at ¯xed ice temperature and humidity concentra- tion. Our preliminary results agree with Wexler's ice vapor pressure correlation [A. Wexler, J. Res. NBS 81A, 5 (1977)] over the temperature range 0 ±C to ¡70 ±C to within 0.5%.
Citation
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Pub Type
Journals
Nanochemistry

Citation

Bielska, K. , Havey, D. , Scace, G. , Lisak, D. and Hodges, J. (2012), Spectroscopic Measurement of the Vapour Pressure of Ice, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created December 31, 2011, Updated October 12, 2021
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