Understanding the unusual properties of water

Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H2O

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 101-117

  Franzese, Giancarlo ^a   Eugene Stanley, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/EBK1439803561     Document Type: Chapter

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