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  2. Liquid crystal - Wikipedia

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    The red heads of surfactant molecules are in contact with water, whereas the blue tails of surfactant molecules are immersed in oil:bilayer (left) and micelle (right). A lyotropic liquid crystal consists of two or more components that exhibit liquid-crystalline properties in certain concentration ranges.

  3. Liquid - Wikipedia

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    Thermal image of a sink full of hot water with cold water being added, showing how the hot and the cold water flow into each other. Liquid is one of the four primary states of matter, with the others being solid, gas and plasma. A liquid is a fluid. Unlike a solid, the molecules in a liquid have a much greater freedom to move. The forces that ...

  4. Water of crystallization - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, water(s) of crystallization or water(s) of hydration are water molecules that are present inside crystals. Water is often incorporated in the formation of crystals from aqueous solutions . [ 1 ]

  5. Water - Wikipedia

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    The refractive index of liquid water (1.333 at 20 °C (68 °F)) is much higher than that of air (1.0), similar to those of alkanes and ethanol, but lower than those of glycerol (1.473), benzene (1.501), carbon disulfide (1.627), and common types of glass (1.4 to 1.6). The refraction index of ice (1.31) is lower than that of liquid water.

  6. Metal ions in aqueous solution - Wikipedia

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    The strength of the bonds between the metal ion and water molecules in the primary solvation shell increases with the electrical charge, z, on the metal ion and decreases as its ionic radius, r, increases. Aqua ions are subject to hydrolysis. The logarithm of the first hydrolysis constant is proportional to z 2 /r for most aqua ions.

  7. Water cluster - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, a water cluster is a discrete hydrogen bonded assembly or cluster of molecules of water. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many such clusters have been predicted by theoretical models ( in silico ), and some have been detected experimentally in various contexts such as ice , bulk liquid water, in the gas phase , in dilute mixtures with non-polar ...

  8. Molecular diffusion - Wikipedia

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    In a so-called NMR spin echo experiment this technique uses the nuclear spin precession phase, allowing to distinguish chemically and physically completely identical species e.g. in the liquid phase, as for example water molecules within liquid water. The self-diffusion coefficient of water has been experimentally determined with high accuracy ...

  9. Starch gelatinization - Wikipedia

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    Starch gelatinization is a process of breaking down of intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen bonding sites (the hydroxyl hydrogen and oxygen) to engage more water. This irreversibly dissolves the starch granule in water. Water acts as a plasticizer.