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A New Polywater

Nature volume 227, page 57 (1970)Cite this article

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SINCE the report of an anomalous form of water produced in silica capillaries (which we call silica polywater)1, similar polywater has been reported by workers using silica and ‘Pyrex’ capillaries2–5. Its existence has, however, been disputed2,6. Attempts to find ways of making silica polywater, other than by the methods of Deryagin, have failed3.

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MIDDLEHURST, J., FISHER, L. A New Polywater. Nature 227, 57 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227057a0

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