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Water : a matrix of life

Print Book, English, ©2000
Royal Society of Chemistry, London, ©2000
225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
9780854045839, 085404583X
1019935166
Ch. 1. Origin and Distribution of Water in the Ecosphere: Water and Prehistoric Life
Ch. 2. Structure of the Water Molecule and the Nature of the Hydrogen Bond in Water
Ch. 3. Physical Properties of Liquid Water
Ch. 4. Crystalline Water
Ch. 5. The Structure of Liquid Water
Ch. 6. Aqueous Solutions of 'Simple' Molecules
Ch. 7. Aqueous Solutions of Electrolytes
Ch. 8. Aqueous Solutions of Polar Molecules
Ch. 9. Chemical Reactions in Aqueous Solutions
Ch. 10. Hydration and the Molecules of Life
Ch. 11. Water in the Chemistry and Physics of Life
Ch. 12. 'Unstable' Water
Ch. 13. Supersaturated and Solid Aqueous Solutions
Ch. 14. Water Availability, Usage and Quality
Ch. 15. Economics and Politics
Ch. 16. Summary and Prognosis