Scientists Discover a New Form of Water

[Claire.]

Scientists Find That Water Might Exist in a Whole New State

One of the most basic things we are taught in school science classes is that water can exist in three different states, either as solid ice, liquid water, or vapour gas. But an international team of scientists have recently found signs that liquid water might actually come in two different states.

Writing in an experimental paper, published in the International Journal of Nanotechnology, the researchers were surprised to find a number of physical properties of water change their behaviour between 50℃ and 60℃. This sign of a potential change to a second liquid state could spark a heated discussion in the scientific community. And, if confirmed, it could have implications for a range of fields, including nanotechnology and biology.

Read more: Smithsonian.com

[aka CAT]

States and forms, as pertains to heavy water, must be two different things.

[cormac mac airt]

It should be pointed out that there's a bit of a disconnect between the title...

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Scientists Find That Water Might Exist in a Whole New State

Think water comes in just liquid, ice and gas? Think again

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This sign of a potential change to a second liquid state could spark a heated discussion in the scientific community.

As given in the second quote water between 50℃ and 60℃ is still in a liquid (or at least semi-liquid) state, however modified that state may be.

cormac

[Doc Socks Junior]

Just as long as it isn't ice-9.

[Abigail Evans]

I think it's not a new state, it's like a transitional stage between two states.