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Anomalies in the Thermal Properties of Water

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IN this article we draw attention to the abrupt changes in the properties of water as a function of temperature which have been described as “anomalies in the already anomalous behaviour of water”1,2.

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CINI, R., LOGLIO, G. & FICALBI, A. Anomalies in the Thermal Properties of Water. Nature 223, 1148–1149 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231148a0

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