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Water is the most essential yet mysterious liquid on our planet. The most famous anomaly is the density maximum at 4℃. A popular scenario explains water's anomalies by criticality associated with the presence of two liquid states. However, contrary to this widely spread scenario, we find that the criticality has little influence on the anomalous properties of the experimentally accessible liquid state of water because it is too far from the critical point. Our result shows that tetrahedral formation alone may be enough to explain water's anomalies.
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This page is a summary of: The anomalies and criticality of liquid water, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008426117.
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