poly water

Poly water or anomalous water or orthowater is liquid water formed by the condensation of water vapor. This water has lower vapor pressure, lower freezing temperature, higher density and viscosity, higher thermal stability, and different infrared and Raman spectra, compared to the water that we originally know that flows out of our faucets.1 Anomalous water was first discover in 1967 at the Russian Technical Institute. It was the properties of water and the effects of confined spaces on liquids that contributed to the widespread interest in anomalous water.2 However, Many researchers discovered that anomalous water is not a polymeric form of water and that it is in fact dissolved glass.3




1"anomalous water." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 29 Sep. 2010 .
2Paustian, P. Robert. "Polywater (Book)." Library Journal 106.11 (1981): 1233. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 4 Oct. 2010.
3Bascom, Willard D. “Polywater. Comments” The Journal of Physical Chemistry 1972 76 (3), 456-457. pubs.acs.org.