Comparison between the structures of liquid water and (high- and low-density) amorphous ice

Abstract

Using partial pair correlation functions of high- and low-density amorphous ices (L. Pusztai, Phys. Re. B, 2000, 61, 28) and liquid water (L. Pusztai, Phys. Re. B, 1999, 60, 11851) obtained ia the Reverse Monte Carlo procedure, a detailed comparison of the three structures is given here. Based on the findings of this study, it is suggested that the instructive view of liquid water as a mixture of low- and high-density amorphous ice-like phases, proposed recently (M.-C. Bellisent-Funel, Europhys. Lett., 1998, 42, 161), is probably too simplistic.