
Permeation of Gases through Ice
Abstract
The permeation rate of carbon dioxide and oxygen through ice has been determined at several temperatures. At −9.5° C the carbon dioxide permeation constant was found to be 0.7 × 10−11 cm2 sec−1 atm−1, which is about two million times less than in water. The permeation increased hyperbolically towards 0°C. No permeation of oxygen through the ice could be detected. It is concluded that the gas penetrates the ice through intercrystalline brine films rather than through the ice crystals.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v11i3.9311 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 355 - 359
Published on: Jan 1, 1959
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1959 Edvard Hemmingsen, published by Stockholm University Press
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