Existence of Two States in Liquid Water (IMAGE)

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Existence of Two States in Liquid Water

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This is an illustration of water's local structures. The blue lines show the H2O molecules of tetrahedral structure, the red lines show H2O molecules of disordered structure. The large balls show oxygen atoms, the small balls show hydrogen and the dotted white lines represent Hydrogen bonds.

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2018 Hajime Tanaka, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

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