Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 226, 1051-1063 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60244-8

Regular Article

Quenching device for electrolytic aqueous solutions

¹ Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS UMR 7590, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
² EPSL, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

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^b Present address: Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur pour l'environnement, Université de La Rochelle, France
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Received: 19 August 2016
Revised: 14 October 2016
Published online: 18 April 2017

Abstract

A simple device based on splat cooling to liquid nitrogen temperatures is presented. Its application to the amorphization of binary aqueous solutions by fast cooling is demonstrated. The fraction of amorphous material obtained is 90% in eutectic solutions. Diffraction patterns of the vitrified solutions are presented and discussed.