Ice, lattice structure

The importance of carefully considering anomalies when studying the behavior of solute-solvent interactions has been stressed. For aqueous solutions, many anomalous results presented in the literature suggest the existence of some type of discreteness in water structure. Discreteness is consistent with a view of water structure providing distinct sites such as those found in the models of water, implying a broken down ice lattice structure or clathrate hydrate cage-like structures. 

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