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THERMAL anomalies occurring over relatively narrow ranges have been described for many properties of water and aqueous solutions. In some cases only one such thermal anomaly has been claimed to exist between the freezing and the boiling point of water1–8. Drost-Hansen, however, has proposed9–13 the existence of at least four anomalies in this temperature range, namely, near 15, 30, 45 and 60° C. Unfortunately, detailed data on the effects of temperature on membrane phenomena are notably lacking in the literature; however, anomalous temperature effects in some membrane properties have been reported. We propose that these anomalies reflect structural changes of the water in or adjacent to the membranes.
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DROST-HANSEN, W., THORHAUG, A. Temperature Effects in Membrane Phenomena. Nature 215, 506–508 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215506a0
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