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Multiple Phases of Liquid Water
Author(s) -
Brovchenko Ivan,
Oleinikova Alla
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200800639
Subject(s) - liquid water , supercooling , liquid liquid , thermodynamics , range (aeronautics) , current (fluid) , statistical physics , chemistry , chemical physics , materials science , physics , chromatography , composite material
The history of the study of the anomalies of liquid water, from the 17th century up to the present, is reviewed and the current view on the origin of these anomalies is summarized. The hypothesis of the multiple liquid–liquid transitions of water in the supercooled region is consistent with the available experimental and simulation data and provides physical explanation of water behavior in a wide thermodynamic range. The general character of the liquid–liquid transitions of fluids is discussed and the remaining questions are formulated.