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Science 15 January 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3967, pp. 170 - 172
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3967.170
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"Polywater" and Sweat: Similarities between the Infrared Spectra

D. L. Rousseau 1

1 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

The infrared spectrum of "polywater" is remarkably similar to that of sodium lactate, the primary constituent of sweat. It is proposed, therefore, that this property of "polywater," and possibly others, results from accidental biological contamination. Such contamination is consistent with chemical analyses of "polywater" samples prepared both here and abroad.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Hydrogen-Bond Stereochemistry and "Anomalous Water".
B. Kamb (1971)
Science 172, 231-242
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"Polywater" and Sweat: Similarities between the Infrared Spectra.
D. L. Rousseau (1971)
Science 171, 170-172
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