Water Clusters
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[edit] Definition
A water cluster is a group of water molecules weakly bonded together while still in the liquid phase.
In H2O, the oxygen atom has a stronger tendency to attract the electrons within the molecule than the two hydrogen atoms do. This results in a very weak overall negative electric charge on the oxygen atom, and very weak overall positive charges on the hydrogen atoms, producing a dipole effect. Thus, the hydrogen atoms in one water molecule are weakly attracted to the oxygen atoms in other neighboring water molecules, and vice-versa. These weak attractions can cause two water molecules to stick together briefly, forming what is known as a hydrogen bond. Several molecules can become hydrogen-bonded to one another in this fashion, forming clusters.
Liquid water molecules tend to exist in clusters that spontaneously form and break apart several times per second.
[edit] Discussion
The duration of a water cluster is generally less than a millionth of a second. Nevertheless, several unscrupulous pseudoscientific firms claim that they can produce liquid water containing specific kinds of clusters that not only outlast the manufacturing process, but which also survive transportation to the retailer, drinking, and absorption into the cells.
The most notorious of these water-cluster products is Penta Water.
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