24 votes

Water isn't normal

Posted March 26 by C-Cab

Tags: chemistry, water, opinion, author.derek lowe, source.chemistryworld, paywall

https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/water-isnt-normal/4019218.article

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Authors: Derek Lowe, Philip Robinson, Jennifer Newton, Rebecca Trager, Phillip Broadwith, Nina Notman, Julia Robinson, Alice Motion, Chemjobber, Jose Gabriel Javellana, Oladele Oyelakin, Sainey Cham, Vanessa Seifert, Andrea Sella
Published: Mar 25 2024
Word count: 766 words

5 comments

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redbearsam
March 27
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For those who come after me, the article is short and interesting, not a giant scientific jargon slog. Would recommend.

For those who come after me, the article is short and interesting, not a giant scientific jargon slog.

Would recommend.

14 votes
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  blueshiftlabs
  March 27
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  Hardly surprising - this is written by Derek Lowe, who's most well known for his Things I Won't Work With series. He definitely knows how to make chemistry content accessible!
  
  Hardly surprising - this is written by Derek Lowe, who's most well known for his Things I Won't Work With series. He definitely knows how to make chemistry content accessible!
  
  10 votes
  1. Minori
    March 27
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    I love his writing. His article on chlorine trifluoride burning sand and even asbestos was one of the things that got me into chemistry!...
    
    I love his writing. His article on chlorine trifluoride burning sand and even asbestos was one of the things that got me into chemistry!
    https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-you-time
    
    5 votes
  2. Soggy
    March 27
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    Oh, it's FOOF guy?
    
    Oh, it's FOOF guy?
C-Cab (OP)
March 26 (edited March 27)
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This is an intriguing essay on the peculiarity of water in light of a heated debate about the chemistry of microdroplets of water, which is also linked in the article. I recommend reading this one...

This is an intriguing essay on the peculiarity of water in light of a heated debate about the chemistry of microdroplets of water, which is also linked in the article. I recommend reading this one first and then the second to just reflect on how weird it is.

7 votes