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Some Fundamental Properties of Hydrogen and Water

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Some physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and water, underlying their characteristic physiological properties are described. Selected topics include hydrogen bonding in water, tunneling mechanism in atomic/molecular migration, and Grotthuss mechanism of hydrogen migration in water.

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Fukai, Y. (2020). Some Fundamental Properties of Hydrogen and Water. In: Molecular Hydrogen for Medicine . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7157-2_5

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