'wisdom delights in water'
Confucius (Analects VI.21)
Iguazu Falls, Brazil
Victoria Falls, from Zambia
Ice cliff, Svalbard
Durdle Door, England
Annapurna, Nepal
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Ramsey Island, Wales
British Antarctica
Tallow Bay, Australia
Yellowstone fumarole, USA
South Island, New Zealand
Maldives
The water molecule
Water: a brief early History of its Science
Easier introduction to the water molecule
The molecular orbitals of water, H2O
Hydrogen
bonding
hydrogen-bonding and information transfer
Water dimer and small clusters
The molecular orbitals of a water dimer, (H2O)2
The molecular orbitals of a cyclic water pentamer, (H2O)5
Steam, gaseous water, and airborne water
Supercooled water
Ice phases
Ice crystal data
Stacking disordered ice; Ice Isd
Ice-sixteen and other low-density ices
Ice-eighteen and very high-pressure ices
Amorphous ice and glassy water
Molecular vibration and absorption of water
Water dissociation, 2H2O = H3O+ + OH−
Hydrogen ions
Hydroxide ions
Grotthuss mechanism
The molecular orbitals of the H3O+ and OH− ions
The molecular orbitals of the hydrated hydroxide ion, H3O2−
The molecular orbitals of the dihydronium ions, H5O2+
Water at interfaces and nanobubbles
Interfacial water and water-gas interfaces
Nanobubbles (ultrafine bubbles)
Seventy-five anomalous properties of water
Thermodynamic anomalies T1-T11
Properties of water and its isotopologues
Unexpected properties of water
Short properties list for liquid H2O
Changes in some properties
with temperature (-30 °C - 100 °C)
Changes in some further properties
with temperature (0 - 373 °C)
Water-related molecules; comparative data
Important constants and conversion factors
Water clustering in liquid water
Overview of the structuring in liquid water
Introduction to water clustering
Water's two-state cluster history
Outline of methods for investigating water structure
The icosahedral (H2O)280 water clusters
Water cluster equilibria, puckering and temperature effects
Water icosahedral cluster architecture
Spherical coordinates of the icosahedral water clusters
Shell radii and occupancy of the icosahedral water clusters
Super-clusters of water molecules
Alternative icosahedral clustering of water
Alternative tetrahedral clustering of water
Water cluster architecture, based on gas clathrates
Paper model of an icosahedral water structure
Paper model of a truncated icosahedral water structure
Plain paper model of a truncated icosahedral water structure
Evidence
for icosahedral water clusters
Hydration
Protein
folding and denaturation
Aqueous properties of the cyclodextrins
Introduction
to polysaccharides
The furan pseudo-rotational
angles of ribose and deoxyribose
Hydrocolloids
and health (Dietary fiber)
Ion hydration and aqueous solutions of salts
The H3O+ magic number cluster ions
Water clustering around the SO42− cluster
Water clustering around the CO2 cluster
Hydrophobic
hydration
Alcoholic solutions
Hard water, descaling, and desalination
Magnetic
and electric effects on water
Dielectric constant and polarization
The complex dielectric
permittivity behavior of water
Colligative properties of water
Osmotic pressure
Self-generation of osmotic pressure at interfaces
Polyoxomolybdate systems
{Mo132} nanocapsule and aqueous nanodrop
Molybdenum blue {Mo154} nanowheel
Aqueous
solutions of the fuillerenes C60 and C70
Frequently
asked questions concerning liquid water
Water-related
material
Platonic
solids, water, and the golden ratio
Contributed
papers
J.
G. Watterson, Enzyme function: random events or coherent action?
Book reviews
Aqueous systems at elevated temperatures and pressures
Handbook of refractive index and dispersion of water for scientists
and engineers
References (currently 5270+ including multiple references in entries;
+ ≈ 400 external website references)
Visitor's
Book, recent postings
Visitor's
Book archive, 2000-2003
Visitor's
Book archive, 2004-2006
Water-related links
This page was last updated by Martin Chaplin on 4 January, 2022
