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water microstructure



On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Andy Dougherty wrote:

At the temperature (and pressure) of a nice cup of hot tea, I am unaware
of any study indicating any sort of persistent "crystalline
microstructure" in liquid water.

You're aquainted with the literature? I'm not, I've just seen a handful
of popular articles. Can you recommend any good books?

Articles say that liquid water has a short-range order which resembles
ice. It acts like a bunch of nano-crystals whose boundaries are
constantly changing because of thermal vibrations. Are you saying that the
crystalline microstructure only arises below a certain temperature? I was
under the impression that the microstructure was always there as long as
water was a liquid.


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