Physicochemical Effects of Humid Air Treated with Infrared Radiation on Aqueous Solutions
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N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, RAS, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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Water 2021, 13(10), 1370; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101370
Received: 26 March 2021 / Revised: 9 May 2021 / Accepted: 11 May 2021 / Published: 14 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in the Pipe or Channel)
Water vapor absorbs well in the infrared (IR) region of the spectra. On the other hand, it was recently demonstrated that IR radiation promotes formation of the so-called exclusion zones (EZ) at the interfaces between hydrophilic surfaces and water. EZ-water properties differ significantly from that of bulk water. It was studied for the first time whether treatment of water with humid air irradiated with IR-C band could change its physical-chemical properties, making it EZ-water-like. Humid air irradiated with IR was called coherent humidity (CoHu). Redox potential and surface tension decreased in deionized water and mineral water samples that were treated with CoHu, while dielectric constant increased in such water samples. After such treatment of carbonate or phosphate buffers, their buffer capacity against acidification and leaching significantly increased. No such changes were observed in water samples treated with non-irradiated humid air. Thus, after treatment of tested aqueous systems with humid air exposed to IR radiation, their properties change, making them more like EZ-water. The results suggest that IR irradiation of humid air converts it into a carrier of a certain physical signal that affects water properties.
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Keywords:
water vapor; coherent phase; exclusion zone; redox potential; pH; infrared; microdroplets
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Yablonskaya, O.; Voeikov, V.; Buravleva, E.; Trofimov, A.; Novikov, K. Physicochemical Effects of Humid Air Treated with Infrared Radiation on Aqueous Solutions. Water 2021, 13, 1370. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101370
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Yablonskaya O, Voeikov V, Buravleva E, Trofimov A, Novikov K. Physicochemical Effects of Humid Air Treated with Infrared Radiation on Aqueous Solutions. Water. 2021; 13(10):1370. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101370
Chicago/Turabian StyleYablonskaya, Olga, Vladimir Voeikov, Ekaterina Buravleva, Aleksei Trofimov, and Kirill Novikov. 2021. "Physicochemical Effects of Humid Air Treated with Infrared Radiation on Aqueous Solutions" Water 13, no. 10: 1370. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101370
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