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BY Covenant Filtration | 04-28-2010 | 9:25 AM
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Some recent work involving novel experimental and computational
techniques has revealed more about water structure:

* Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Revealing the
Mysteries of Water

* Water: Dissolving the Controversy — this page is from the
UC-Berkely lab of Richard Saykally, one of the world's experts on water
structure.

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two-thirds of the weight of an adult human consists of water. About
two-thirds of this water is located within cells, while the remaining
third consists of extracellular water, mostly in the blood plasma and in
the interstitial fluid that bathes the cells. This water, amounting to
about five percent of body weight (about 5 L in the adult), serves as a
supporting fluid for the blood cells and acts as a means of transporting
chemicals between cells and the external environment. It is basically a
0.15M solution of salt (NaCl) containing smaller amounts of other
electrolytes, the most important of which are bicarbonate (HCO3–) and
protein anions.

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4. Provide plane water. While traveling in airplanes, you may notice
that your nose and mouth become dry and your breathing harder. Next you
notice you are feeling tired and thinking less clearly. What is
happening is that you are getting dehydrated. The dry cabin air has only
around seven percent humidity, which dries out your breathing passages
and sucks water out of your body as it tries to moisturize them. As a
frequent flier, I fill up with at least two glasses of plain water or
juice around 1/2 hour before boarding the plane. I tote along some
bottled water in my carry-on bag and bring a squirt bottle of saltwater
(available over-the-counter at pharmacies as saline nasal spray, but you
can make your own) so that I can spritz a few drops in my nose every
hour. I order double fluid drinks, such as water and juice, and
periodically order a cup of hot water to treat my dried-out nose with a
little steam bath. Avoid alcoholic or caffeinated drinks while flying
since as diuretics they contribute to dehydration. Sure, water-logging
your body during plane travel stimulates frequent treks to the bathroom,
but even these trips down the aisle are good for your body.

You're pregnant. Blood volume increases by 40 percent during pregnancy,
and extra fluids are also needed for the ongoing manufacturing of
amniotic fluid. Water also helps maintain overall well-being during
pregnancy. Drinking lots of water helps move along and dilute the body's
waste products, lessening problems with constipation and reducing the
risk of urinary tract infections. Pregnant women need to drink at least
eight 8-ounce glasses of fluid a day to keep body and baby
well-hydrated. If you don't like to drink that much plain water, yet are
worried about the weight gain from extra juice, flavor your water with
just a teaspoon of frozen juice concentrate. Space this fluid intake
evenly throughout the day, consuming larger, more frequent drinks along
with smaller, more frequent meals. The swelling of ankles, feet, and
hands during pregnancy are not signals to cut back on water. Some of
this is the normal swelling that occurs with pregnancy, or it may be a
sign that your body is retaining too much salt, in which case drinking
more water will actually help decrease the swelling.

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Some tap water may be high enough in sodium to be of concern to people
who are on a low-sodium diet for medical reasons. If you consume a lot
of tap water, and your doctor has put you on a low-sodium diet, have
your water tested for sodium content.

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The other widely-cited anomalous property of water is its high boiling
point. As this graph shows, a molecule as light as H2O "should" boil at
around –90°C; that is, it would exist in the world as a gas rather than a
liquid if H-bonding were not present. Notice that H-bonding is also
observed with fluorine and nitrogen.

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4. Provide plane water. While traveling in airplanes, you may notice
that your nose and mouth become dry and your breathing harder. Next you
notice you are feeling tired and thinking less clearly. What is
happening is that you are getting dehydrated. The dry cabin air has only
around seven percent humidity, which dries out your breathing passages
and sucks water out of your body as it tries to moisturize them. As a
frequent flier, I fill up with at least two glasses of plain water or
juice around 1/2 hour before boarding the plane. I tote along some
bottled water in my carry-on bag and bring a squirt bottle of saltwater
(available over-the-counter at pharmacies as saline nasal spray, but you
can make your own) so that I can spritz a few drops in my nose every
hour. I order double fluid drinks, such as water and juice, and
periodically order a cup of hot water to treat my dried-out nose with a
little steam bath. Avoid alcoholic or caffeinated drinks while flying
since as diuretics they contribute to dehydration. Sure, water-logging
your body during plane travel stimulates frequent treks to the bathroom,
but even these trips down the aisle are good for your body.

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