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CHERKIN1 has again drawn attention to the possibility that a glass leaching process may be a satisfactory explanation for the formation of “anomalous” water. One of the chief pieces of evidence advanced in support of this interpretation is observation of the formation of residues following evaporation of “anomalous” water1. These residues are described by some workers as being solid material2 and by others as having the properties of a gel3. They do not seem so far to have been systematically studied. We have now carefully investigated the formation and principal characteristics of the residue and have found that it is possible to prepare, without the intermediary of finely drawn capillaries, a silica solution which possesses most of the features commonly associated with “anomalous” water.
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MORARIU, V., MILLS, R. & WOOLF, L. Equivalence of Anomalous Water and Silicic Acid Solutions. Nature 227, 373–374 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227373a0
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