Neutron scattering of a floating heavy water bridge

When high voltage is applied to distilled water filled into two beakers close to each other, a water connection forms spontaneously, giving the impression of a floating water bridge (Fuchs et al 2007 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 6112–4, 2008 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 185502). This phenomenon is of special interest, since it comprises a number of phenomena currently tackled in modern water science. In this work, the first data on neutron scattering of a floating heavy water bridge are presented and possible interpretations are discussed. D2O was measured instead of H2O because of the very strong incoherent scattering of H. The obtained data support the ‘bubble hypothesis’ suggested earlier (Fuchs et al 2008).

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