Water: A Matrix of LifeRoyal Society of Chemistry, 2000 - 225 páginas Water: A Matrix of Life is an updated Second Edition that addresses the latest issues on this vital substance. This book discusses current scientific knowledge of water, its remarkable properties, its influence on dissolved substances and its usually neglected but controlling role in the life sciences and ecology. With emphasis on developments over the last two decades, attention is drawn to important issues such as water quality, usage, economics and politics. |
Contenido
Chapter | 1 |
Chapter | 4 |
Chapter | 6 |
Structure of the Water Molecule and the Nature of | 9 |
Chapter | 12 |
Physical Properties of Liquid Water | 15 |
Chapter | 16 |
755 | 47 |
21 | 123 |
Heat and Cold Inactivation | 125 |
24 | 132 |
Oligo and Polysacharide Hydration | 138 |
Unstable Water | 152 |
Nucleation of Ice by Particulate Matter | 159 |
Properties of Supersaturated Aqueous Solutions | 167 |
Theory of Structural Relaxation by Cooperative Motions | 173 |
Aqueous Solutions of Simple Molecules | 53 |
11 | 60 |
Chapter 7 | 69 |
15 | 82 |
Aqueous Solutions of Polar Molecules | 86 |
Hydration and Computer Simulation | 99 |
19 | 103 |
20 | 112 |
Natural Freezing and Drought Resistance | 179 |
Chapter 14 | 187 |
Supplementation of Water Resources by Climatic | 193 |
Water Purity and Purification | 202 |
Human Attitudes and Politics | 209 |
Summary and Prognosis | 214 |
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