The book illustrates the fascinating world of the different forms
of water - from ice and snow to liquid water. The water molecule,
H2O, is the second most common molecule in the Universe (behind
hydrogen, H2) and ice is the most abundant solid material. Snow and
ice appear in a countless large number of different shapes and with
properties which can be quite different. Detailed knowledge of the
properties of snow is of great importance for the Sami people
involved in reindeer herding and several hundred names are used to
characterize the different types.The properties of ice and liquid
water are very special and unique in several respects. In contrast
to most other substances, the density of ice is lower than that of
liquid water, which has many very important consequences in our
daily life. Water plays a unique role in chemistry and although
tremendous research has been spent on this seemingly simple
substance, there are still many unsolved questions about the
structure of liquid water. The special properties of water are due
to hydrogen bonding between the H2O molecules, and this book may be
seen as a tribute to the hydrogen bond. The general properties of
the hydrogen bond are treated in three separate papers. The
hydrogen bond is of fundamental importance in biological systems
since all living matter has evolved from and exists in an aqueous
environment and hydrogen bonds are involved in most biological
processes. There is a hundred times more water molecules in our
bodies than the sum of all the other molecules put together.
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