Mystery of water structure
We might think that by now scientists would know all about water, but many questions remain about this mysterious substance.
Yet the researchers saw some molecules at a third distance as well: 0.34 nanometers.
The existence of this third separation length, though not included in the current model, was first seen in 1938.
Water is a very malleable substance. Its physical shape easily adapts
to whatever environment is present. But its physical appearance is not
the only thing that changes, the molecular shape also changes.
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