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Water 2010, 2, 702-710; doi:10.3390/w2030702 OPEN ACCESS water ISSN 2073-4441 /journal/water Communication The “puzzle”of Water Behavior at Low Temperature José Teixeira Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (CEA/CNRS)/CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France; E-Mail: jose.teixeira@cea.fr ; Tel.: +33169086650; Fax: +33169088261 Received: 29 July; in revised form: 20 August 2010 / Accepted: 14 September 2010 / Published: 22 September 2010 Abstract: Thermodynamic and transport properties of liquid water are not fully understood despite a large amount of research work both experimental and theoretical. The maximum of density and the enhanced anomalies observed at low temperatures are at the origin of several models that, in some cases, predict specific and unique behavior such as spinodal lines or critical points. We show that a careful analysis of the neutron quasi-elastic scattering data, both the incoherent spectra and the dynamic of the partials, is compatible with a polymer-like model, where the hydrogen bond dynamics explains the behavior of water in the non-accessible temperature region extending from −30° C to the glass transition. Keywords: water; supercooling; neutron scattering; hydrogen bonds 1. Introduction Apart from a few exceptions, water is the only liquid on the surface of Earth. The total amount of 9 3 water is of the order of 1.3 × 10 km , mostly in liquid state but naturally present in all the three states, and transitions between them