| 释义 |
polywater|ˈpɒlɪwɔːtə(r)|
[f. poly- + water n.]
A supposed polymeric form of water having properties markedly different from those of ordinary water and reported to have been found in fine capillary tubes.
1969E. R. Lippincott et al. in Science 27 June 1482/3 The properties, therefore, are no longer anomalous but rather, those of a newly found substance—polymeric water or polywater. 1969Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 22/3 American scientists have confirmed the existence of a new kind of water which freezes at 40deg C and boils at 500deg C... The new water, known as ‘polywater’ has a density of about 40 per cent. greater than ordinary water. 1972Britannica Yearbk. Sci. & Future 1971 216 Anomalous water (or polywater), which has attracted much attention in recent months, was shown to be not an unusual form of water but ordinary water containing ionic impurities. 1972F. Franks Water I. i. 13 During 1969 the ‘polywater’ bandwagon began to roll. Ibid., A climax was provided by a warning to scientists against experimenting with polywater as this might affect the oceans, turning them solid. 1975J. Clifford in Ibid. V. ii. 119 Defenders of the water polymer idea have suggested that polywater could be a weakly bonded complex that disintegrates under electron impact and does not appear in the mass spectrum. |