Abstract:
A superlow elastic stability of low-saline NaCl–H$_2$O ice in a broad range of low temperatures (100–215 K) has been observed under the conditions of strong uniaxial compression. The level of elastic stability of the saline ice (containing a low mass fraction of NaCl within $p$ = 0.0001–0.01) was 15–30 times smaller than in pure freshwater ice. This phenomenon can be used for the controlled production of steam, hydrogen, and oxygen using explosive fragmentation and in other low-temperature processes involving ice.
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