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Nature 392, 127-128 (12 March 1998) | doi:10.1038/32286

Condensed matter:  One substance, two liquids?

Pablo G. Debenedetti1

Water, like any other liquid, can be supercooled — cooled below its freezing point without crystallizing. The physical properties of supercooled water are unusual: the lower its temperature, the easier it is to compress, and the more pronounced its anomalous tendency to expand when cooled.

  1. Pablo G. Debenedetti is in the Chemical Engineering Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, USA.
    e-mail: Email: pdebene@pucc.princeton.edu