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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Volume 80, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3249562
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- Leonard X. Bosack and Bette M. Kruger Foundation
- U.S. National Science Foundation [OPP0440841, OPP-0135989, ANT-0439805]
- Department of Energy [DE-FG02-05ER15741]
- Helmholtz Gemeinschaft Alliance
- Planetary Evolution and Life
- Yale University
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The structure and evolution of grain boundaries underlies the nature of polycrystalline materials. Here we describe an experimental apparatus and light reflection technique for measuring disorder at grain boundaries in optically clear material, in thermodynamic equilibrium. The approach is demonstrated on ice bicrystals. Crystallographic orientation is measured for each ice sample. The type and concentration of impurity in the liquid can be controlled and the temperature can be continuously recorded and controlled over a range near the melting point. The general methodology is appropriate for a wide variety of materials. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3249562]
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