Multiple Phases of Liquid Water

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 avai...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Chemphyschem 2008-12, Vol.9 (18), p.2660-2675
Main Authors: Brovchenko, Ivan, Oleinikova, Alla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
percolation
phase diagrams
phase transitions
supercritical fluids
thermodynamics
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary: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. Wet in more than one way: 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 possible existence of multiple liquid–liquid transitions of water in the supercooled region (see figure) provides physical explanation of water behavior in a wide thermodynamic range.
ISSN:1439-4235
1439-7641
DOI:10.1002/cphc.200800639