Rheological and Thermal Properties of Icy Materials
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Author(s)
Durham, William B.
Prieto-Ballesteros, O.
Goldsby, D. L.
Kargel, J. S.
Date Issued
February 2010
Journal
Space Science Reviews
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Citation
Durham, W. B. et al. “Rheological and Thermal Properties of Icy Materials.” Space Science Reviews 153.1-4 (2010) : 273-298.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
Laboratory measurements of physical properties of planetary ices generate information for dynamical models of tectonically active icy bodies in the outer solar system. We review the methods for measuring both flow properties and thermal properties of icy planetary materials in the laboratory, and describe physical theories that are essential for intelligent extrapolation of data from laboratory to planetary conditions. This review is structured with a separate and independent section for each of the two sets of physical properties, rheological and thermal. The rheological behaviors of planetary ices are as diverse as the icy moons themselves. High-pressure water ice phases show respective viscosities that vary over four orders of magnitude. Ices of CO2, NH3, as well as clathrate hydrates of CH4 and other gases vary in viscosity by nearly ten orders of magnitude. Heat capacity and thermal conductivity of detected/inferred compositions in outer solar system bodies have been revised. Some low-temperature phases of minerals and condensates have a deviant thermal behavior related to paramount water ice. Hydrated salts have low values of thermal conductivity and an inverse dependence of conductivity on temperature, similar to clathrate hydrates or glassy solids. This striking behavior may suit the dynamics of icy satellites.
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From the issue entitled "Satellites of the Outer Solar System: Exchange Processes Involving the Interiors"
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-009-9619-1
