American Institute of Physics, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 12(131), p. 124504
DOI: 10.1063/1.3197851
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We report the results of a series of ultrasound, Brillouin scattering, and optical heterodyne detected transient grating experiments performed on a LiCl, 6H2O solution from room temperature down to the vicinity of its liquid-glass transition, Tg ∼ 138 K. Down to T ∼ 215 K, the supercooled liquid has a behavior similar to what is expected for supercooled water: its zero frequency sound velocity, C0, continuously decreases while the corresponding infinite frequency velocity, C∞, sharply increases, reflecting the increasing importance of H bonding when temperature is lowered. Below 215 K, specific aspects of the solution, presumably related to the role of the Li+ and Cl− ions, modify the thermal behavior of C0, while a β relaxation process also appears and couples to the sound propagation. The origin of those two effects is briefly discussed.