I wanted to thank Paul Shin for bringing my attention to the
O-17 experiments he did concerning "hexagonal water". I had never heard
of this particular "product" before. As one who had one a lot of O-17 NMR
research in my postdoctoral days (not saying how long ago) and my first few
years here at RPI, i found it very interesting. I think the kind of
questioning Paul is doing very essential to
maintain the integrity of science, when so called "scientific" claims are made.
In looking over the web pages supporting hexagonal water, the claims of
"good" vs "bad" proteins, depending on what type of water surrounded them
stuck out at me as a very testable (although strange) concept.
Some proteins could be dissolved in normal distilled, deionized water, vs
the commercially sold "hexagonal" water, to see if any structural
differences at all could be noted, via chem. shift differences. If nothing
else, this might prove an interesting project for some undergrads, and
also, maybe an exercise in general chemistry class as to WHY its important
for the general public to know at least a little bit of chemistry and physics.
Dr. Herb Schwartz
Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
RPI
Received on Thu Oct 14 2004 - 11:34:22 MST