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Ortho-para spin conversion of H2O in aqueous solutions as a quantum factor of the Konovalov paradox

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An increase in the electroconductivity and biological activity accompanied by diffusion retardation (an increase in the diameter of nanoobjects) recently observed by Konovalov et al. and extremes of other parameters (ζ potential, surface tension, pH, and optical activity) in aqueous solutions with low concentrations do not appear for the Faraday shield from external electromagnetic fields. A representative sampling (∼60 samples and seven parameters) indicates the fundamental regularities of aqueous solutions and the nature of the Konovalov paradox, because it does not satisfy the existing models of water and contradicts the kinetic theory of liquids. A new concept of the physics of water is proposed for the explanation of the Konovalov paradox. The concept is based on the conventional models of water and does not revoke, but supplement, them to eliminate the observed contradictions and anomalies of water. The proposed notion takes into account quantum differences in the ortho-para spin isomers of H2O (rotational spin selectivity upon hydration and spontaneous formation of ice-like structures, quantum beats, and spin conversion induced by resonance electromagnetic fields) that exist in water and the observed size-dependent capability of thermoinduced self-assembling of amorphous complexes of H2O molecules (more than 275) into the ice structure.

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Original Russian Text © S.M. Pershin, 2014, published in Biofizika, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 1209–1218.

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Pershin, S.M. Ortho-para spin conversion of H2O in aqueous solutions as a quantum factor of the Konovalov paradox. BIOPHYSICS 59, 986–994 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350914060165

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