Giaya and Thompson recently investigated some predictions of our molecular theory for water and proposed a strategy for improving its predictions for ambient conditions. We clarify some of their observations and explain why their proposed strategy will prevent the theory from capturing water’s thermodynamic anomalies.
Topics
Equations of state
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