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Water and Aqueous Solutions

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Statistical Thermodynamics for Chemists and Biochemists

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Water is the most abundant liquid on earth and the one of most importance for biological systems. From the theoretical point of view, it poses many difficult challenges to the physical chemist. These difficulties are above and beyond the usual difficulties in the theory of simple fluids. Nevertheless, because of its unique properties and importance, water has been studied more than any other liquid. In this chapter we present some aspects of the theory of liquid water and simple aqueous solutions. More complex systems such as proteins in water will be further discussed in the next chapter.

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  1. Department of Physical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Arieh Ben-Naim

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Ben-Naim, A. (1992). Water and Aqueous Solutions. In: Statistical Thermodynamics for Chemists and Biochemists. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1598-9_7

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