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Cluster Structure of the Anomalous Liquid Water

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DERJAGUIN1 reported that water condensed in quartz capillaries from incompletely saturated vapour in the absence of air exhibits anomalous properties. Condensation of anomalous water occurs only on areas free of a wetting film, indicating an influence of the quartz surface. Compared with normal water, anomalous water has a lower vapour pressure, a density of 1.2–1.3 g cm−3, fifteen times greater viscosity, and one and a half times the thermal expansion coefficient2. The equilibrium vapour pressure is independent of the capillary diameter, indicating that the anomalous properties are a result of a modification in structure of the liquid phase rather than a purely surface phenomenon.

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    RICHARD W. BOLANDER, JAMES L. KASSNER jun. & JOSEPH T. ZUNG

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BOLANDER, R., KASSNER, J. & ZUNG, J. Cluster Structure of the Anomalous Liquid Water. Nature 221, 1233–1234 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211233a0

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