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COLUMNS of water and other polar liquids formed by the condensation of unsaturated vapours in narrow quartz or glass capillaries seem to have properties markedly different from those of the bulk liquids1. It has long been suspected, especially from the work of Bangham, that a solid surface influences the structure of a liquid over large distances2,3, but some of Derjaguin's experiments1 indicate that this modified liquid can exist away from the solid surface as if it were a distinct stable molecular entity.
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WILLIS, E., RENNIE, G., SMART, C. et al. “Anomalous” Water. Nature 222, 159–161 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222159a0
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