V0.9.2

The SeaFreeze package allows to compute the thermodynamic and elastic properties of water and ice polymorphs (Ih, II, III, V and VI) in the 0-2300 MPa and 220-500K range. It is based on the evaluation of Gibbs Local Basis Functions parametrization (https://github.com/jmichaelb/LocalBasisFunction) for each phase, constructed to reproduce thermodynamic measurments. The formalism is described in more details in Journaux et al. (2020), and in the liquid water Gibbs parametrization by Bollengier, Brown, and Shaw (2019).

Report to the READEME file for each version (Python or Matlab) for installing SeaFreeze.

This section provide basic example on how to run SeaFreeze. It is using pseudo code, so synthax will change depdending on the version used.

To run the SeaFreeze function you need to provide pressure (MPa) and temperature (K) coordinates and a material input:

out=SeaFreeze(PT,'material')

PT is a structure (gridded output) or array (scatter output) containing pressure-temperature points (MPa and Kelvin).

'material' defines which ice or water to use. Possibilities:

• 'Ih' for ice Ih (Feistel and Wagner, 2006)
• 'II' for ice II (Journaux et al. 2020)
• 'III' for ice III (Journaux et al. 2020)
• 'V' for ice V (Journaux et al. 2020)
• 'VI' for ice VI (Journaux et al. 2020)
• 'water1' for Bollengier et al. (2019) LBF extending to 500 K and 2300 MPa
• 'water2' for the modified EOS in Brown 2018 extending to 100 GPa and 10,000 K
• 'water_IAPWS95' for IAPWS95 water (Wagner and Pruss, 2002)

out is a structure containing all output quantities (SI units):

NaN values returned when out of parametrization boundaries.

An executable matlab live script (Example_SeaFreeze.mlx) is provided allowing to run the following examples.

Single point for ice VI at 900 MPa and 255 K. This can be used to check returned thermodynamic properties values.

PT = {900,255};
out=SeaFreeze(PT,'VI')

Output :

out = 

  struct with fields:

      rho: 1.3561e+03
       Cp: 2.0054e+03
        G: 7.4677e+05
       Cv: 1.8762e+03
      vel: 3.6759e+03
       Kt: 1.7143e+04
       Ks: 1.8323e+04
       Kp: 6.2751
        S: -1.3827e+03
        U: -2.6951e+05
        H: 8.3090e+04
    alpha: 2.0020e-04
       Vp: 4.5490e+03
       Vs: 2.3207e+03
    shear: 7.3033e+03

Grid of points for ice V every 2 MPa from 400 to 500 MPa and every 0.5 K from 220 to 250 K

PT = {400:2:500,240:0.5:250};
out=SeaFreeze(PT,'V')

Output :

out = 

  struct with fields:

      rho: [51×21 double]
       Cp: [51×21 double]
        G: [51×21 double]
       Cv: [51×21 double]
      vel: [51×21 double]
       Kt: [51×21 double]
       Ks: [51×21 double]
       Kp: [51×21 double]
        S: [51×21 double]
        U: [51×21 double]
        H: [51×21 double]
    alpha: [51×21 double]
       Vp: [51×21 double]
       Vs: [51×21 double]
    shear: [51×21 double]

List of 3 points for liquid water at 300K and 200, 223 and 225 MPa

PT = ([200 300 ; 223 300 ; 225 300 ]);
out=SeaFreeze(PT,'water1')

out = 

  struct with fields:

      rho: [3×1 double]
       Cp: [3×1 double]
        G: [3×1 double]
       Cv: [3×1 double]
      vel: [3×1 double]
       Kt: [3×1 double]
       Ks: [3×1 double]
       Kp: [3×1 double]
        S: [3×1 double]
        U: [3×1 double]
        H: [3×1 double]
    alpha: [3×1 double]

The ices Gibbs parametrizations are optimized to be used with 'water1' Gibbs LBF from Bollengier et al. (2019), specially for phase equilibrium calculation. Using other water parametrization wil lead to incorect melting curves. 'water2' (Brown 2018) and 'water_IAPWS95' (IAPWS95) parametrization are provided for HP extention (up to 100 GPa) and comparison only. The authors recommend the use of 'water1' (Bollengier et al. 2019) for any application in the 200-355 K range and up to 2300 MPa.

SeaFreeze stability prediction is currently considered valid down to 130K, which correspond to the ice VI - ice XV transition. The ice Ih - II transition is potentially valid down to 73.4 K (ice Ih - ice XI transition).

The following figure shows the prediction of phase transitions from SeaFreeze (melting & solid-solid) and comparison with experimental data:

• Journaux et al. (2020) JGR Planets 125(1), e2019JE006176
• Bollengier, Brown and Shaw (2019) J. Chem. Phys. 151, 054501; doi: 10.1063/1.5097179
• Brown (2018) Fluid Phase Equilibria 463, pp. 18-31
• Feistel and Wagner (2006), J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 35, pp. 1021-1047
• Wagner and Pruss (2002), J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 31, pp. 387-535

• Baptiste Journaux - University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences Department, Seattle, USA
• J. Michael Brown - University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences Department, Seattle, USA
• Penny Espinoza - University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences Department, Seattle, USA
• Erica Clinton - University of Washington, Earth and Space Sciences Department, Seattle, USA

• 0.9.2 patch1 : added SF_WPD, SF_PhaseLines and SeaFreeze_version to the Matlab distribution.
• 0.9.2: add ice II to the representation.
• 0.9.1: add whichphase function to show which phase is stable at a PT coordinate.

• SeaFreeze GUI (mid 2020)
• ice VII and X (late 2020)
• NaCl and MgSO4 aqueous solutions (late 2020)

This project is licensed under the MIT License :

Copyright (c) 2019, B. Journaux

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This work was produced with the financial support provided by the NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship, by the NASA Solar System Workings Grant 80NSSC17K0775 and by the Icy Worlds node of NASA's Astrobiology Institute (08-NAI5-0021).

Illustration montage uses pictures from NASA Galileo and Cassini spacecrafts (from top to bottom: Enceladus, Europa and Ganymede). Terrestrial sea ice picture use with the authorization of the author Rowan Romeyn.