CHEN Feng¹ , LI Xiong-yao², TANG Hong², WANG Shi-jie³

(1. State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China;
2. Lunar and Planetary Science Research Center, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China;
3. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China)

Abstract: Water is often perceived to be ordinary as it is transparent, odorless, tasteless and ubiquitous. It is one of the simplest compounds, consisting of just two hydrogen atoms attached to a single oxygen atom. Liquid or solid water, however, is a most extraordinary substance. Water possesses particular properties that cannot be found in other materials and that are required for life-giving processes, such as, hydrogen bonds, water clusters and kosmotropic ions.

Keywords: water; ice; molecular orbital; hydrogen bond; water cluster; phase; interface; life

ACTA MINERALOGICA SINICA Vol. 35, No. 2, 2015, Page 255-266