DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706504104. The anomalous behavior of the density of water in the range 30 K &lt; <i>T</i> &lt; 373 K

The anomalous behavior of the density of water in the range 30 K < T < 373 K

10.1073/pnas.0706504104

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

The temperature dependence of the density of water, ρ( T ), is obtained by means of optical scattering data, Raman and Fourier transform infrared, in a very wide temperature range, 30 < T < 373 K. This interval covers three regions: the thermodynamically stable liquid phase, the metastable supercooled phase, and the low-density amorphous solid phase, at very low T . From analyses of the profile of the OH stretching spectra, we determine the fractional weight of the two main spectral components characterized by two different local hydrogen bond structures. They are, as predicted by the liquid–liquid phase transition hypothesis of liquid water, the low- and the high-density liquid phases. We evaluate contributions to the density of these two phases and thus are able to calculate the absolute density of water as a function of T . We observe in ρ( T ) a complex thermal behavior characterized not only by the well known maximum in the stable liquid phase at T = 277 K, but also by a well defined minimum in the deeply supercooled region at 203 ± 5 K, in agreement with suggestions from molecular dynamics simulations.

Bibliography

Mallamace, F., Branca, C., Broccio, M., Corsaro, C., Mou, C.-Y., & Chen, S.-H. (2007). The anomalous behavior of the density of water in the range 30 K < T < 373 K. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(47), 18387â18391.

Authors 6

Francesco Mallamace (first)
Caterina Branca (additional)
Matteo Broccio (additional)
Carmelo Corsaro (additional)
Chung-Yuan Mou (additional)
Sow-Hsin Chen (additional)

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Type	When
Created	17 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 13, 2007, 9:05 p.m.)
Deposited	3 years, 4 months ago (April 12, 2022, 4:39 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 2 days ago (July 28, 2025, 5:32 p.m.)
Issued	17 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 20, 2007)
Published	17 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 20, 2007)
Published Online	17 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 20, 2007)
Published Print	17 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 20, 2007)

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@article{Mallamace_2007, title={The anomalous behavior of the density of water in the range 30 K < T < 373 K}, volume={104}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0706504104}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.0706504104}, number={47}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Mallamace, Francesco and Branca, Caterina and Broccio, Matteo and Corsaro, Carmelo and Mou, Chung-Yuan and Chen, Sow-Hsin}, year={2007}, month=nov, pages={18387–18391} }

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