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'''It is NOT a marketing scam so your research & quit trying to discredit technology that actually heals people! Hexagonal water''', also known as '''gel water''', '''structured water''', '''cluster water''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Is It Real, Or Is It 'Cluster Water?' |url=https://www.bioprocessonline.com/doc/is-it-real-or-is-it-cluster-water-0002 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.bioprocessonline.com}}</ref> '''H3O2''' or '''H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>''' is a term used in a ]<ref name="wired">{{cite magazine| publisher=Wired Science| last=Rowe| first=Aaron| title=Video: Hexagonal Water is an Appalling Scam| magazine=Wired| date=2008-03-17| accessdate=2011-10-18| url=https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/chem-lab-hexago/}}</ref><ref name="alabama">{{cite web| title=Drinking Water and Water Treatment Scams| publisher=Alabama Cooperative Extension System| date=2003-10-22| accessdate=2020-06-04| url=http://www.cyber-nook.com/water/DrinkingWaterAndWaterTreatmentScams.pdf}}</ref> that claims the ability to create a certain configuration of water that is better for the body.<ref name="aquatechnology">{{cite web| publisher=Aqua Technology| title=Understanding Hexagonal Water| accessdate=2011-10-18| url=http://www.aquatechnology.net/hexagonalwater.html| archive-date=2018-10-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013035945/http://www.aquatechnology.net/hexagonalwater.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> The term "hexagonal water" refers to a ] forming a hexagonal shape that supposedly enhances nutrient absorption, removes metabolic wastes, and enhances ], among other things.<ref name="frequency">{{cite web| publisher=Frequency Rising| title=Hexagonal Water| accessdate=2011-10-18| url=http://www.frequencyrising.com/water_hexagonal.htm| archive-date=2019-04-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410160713/https://www.frequencyrising.com/water_hexagonal.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> The scam takes advantage of the consumer's limited knowledge of chemistry, physics, and physiology. Gel water is referenced in the version of the hoax in which plants or animal ] are said to create or contain a "fourth phase" of water with an extra hydrogen and an extra oxygen,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warner|first=Adam|date=14 September 2021|title=H3O2 Is Not the "Purest Water on Earth"|url=https://misbar.com/en/factcheck/2021/09/14/h3o2-is-not-the-purest-water-on-earth-quot|access-date=2022-02-02|website=misbar.com}}</ref> despite the reality that this compound is neither water, nor stable. '''Hexagonal water''', also known as '''gel water''', '''structured water''', '''cluster water''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Is It Real, Or Is It 'Cluster Water?' |url=https://www.bioprocessonline.com/doc/is-it-real-or-is-it-cluster-water-0002 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=www.bioprocessonline.com}}</ref> '''H3O2''' or '''H<sub>3</sub>O<sub>2</sub>''' is a term used in a ]<ref name="wired">{{cite magazine| publisher=Wired Science| last=Rowe| first=Aaron| title=Video: Hexagonal Water is an Appalling Scam| magazine=Wired| date=2008-03-17| accessdate=2011-10-18| url=https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/chem-lab-hexago/}}</ref><ref name="alabama">{{cite web| title=Drinking Water and Water Treatment Scams| publisher=Alabama Cooperative Extension System| date=2003-10-22| accessdate=2020-06-04| url=http://www.cyber-nook.com/water/DrinkingWaterAndWaterTreatmentScams.pdf}}</ref> that claims the ability to create a certain configuration of water that is better for the body.<ref name="aquatechnology">{{cite web| publisher=Aqua Technology| title=Understanding Hexagonal Water| accessdate=2011-10-18| url=http://www.aquatechnology.net/hexagonalwater.html| archive-date=2018-10-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013035945/http://www.aquatechnology.net/hexagonalwater.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> The term "hexagonal water" refers to a ] forming a hexagonal shape that supposedly enhances nutrient absorption, removes metabolic wastes, and enhances ], among other things.<ref name="frequency">{{cite web| publisher=Frequency Rising| title=Hexagonal Water| accessdate=2011-10-18| url=http://www.frequencyrising.com/water_hexagonal.htm| archive-date=2019-04-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410160713/https://www.frequencyrising.com/water_hexagonal.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> The scam takes advantage of the consumer's limited knowledge of chemistry, physics, and physiology. Gel water is referenced in the version of the hoax in which plants or animal ] are said to create or contain a "fourth phase" of water with an extra hydrogen and an extra oxygen,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warner|first=Adam|date=14 September 2021|title=H3O2 Is Not the "Purest Water on Earth"|url=https://misbar.com/en/factcheck/2021/09/14/h3o2-is-not-the-purest-water-on-earth-quot|access-date=2022-02-02|website=misbar.com}}</ref> despite the reality that this compound is neither water, nor stable.


== Incompatibilities with science == == Incompatibilities with science ==
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This contradicts the hexagonal water model's claim that the particular structure of water consumed is the same structure used by the body. Similarly, the hexagonal water model claims that this particular structure of water "resonates with energetic vibrations of the body to amplify life force".<ref name="alabama" /> Although water molecules strongly absorb energy in the ] range of the ], there is no scientific evidence that supports the claim that hexagon-shaped water polymers would be created through bombardment of energy of these frequencies.<ref name="alabama" /> This contradicts the hexagonal water model's claim that the particular structure of water consumed is the same structure used by the body. Similarly, the hexagonal water model claims that this particular structure of water "resonates with energetic vibrations of the body to amplify life force".<ref name="alabama" /> Although water molecules strongly absorb energy in the ] range of the ], there is no scientific evidence that supports the claim that hexagon-shaped water polymers would be created through bombardment of energy of these frequencies.<ref name="alabama" />


Proponents of the hexagonal water model claim that the measurable differences<ref name="Shin">{{cite web |url=http://www.csun.edu/~alchemy/Caveat_Emptor.pdf|title=Water, Water, Everywhere, Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware)!|last=Shin|first=Paul}}</ref> between commercially available "hexagonal water" products and tap water under ] ] indicate hexagonal water's special properties. However, this technique shows no significant differences between the supposed "hexagonal water", ultrapure water, and human urine.<ref name="wired" /><ref name="Shin" /> Proponents of the hexagonal water model claim that the measurable differences<ref name="Shin">{{cite web |url=http://www.csun.edu/~alchemy/Caveat_Emptor.pdf|title=Water, Water, Everywhere, Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware)!|last=Shin|first=Paul}}</ref> between commercially available "hexagonal water" products and tap water under ] ] indicate hexagonal water's special properties. However, this technique shows no significant differences between the supposed "hexagonal water", ultrapure water, and human urine.<ref name="wired" /><ref name="Shin" />
The experimental observation<ref>{{cite journal |author1=C. J. Gruenloh |author2=J. R. Carney |author3=C. A. Arrington |author4=T. S. Zwier |author5=S. Y. Fredericks |author6=K. D. Jordan | journal = ] | volume = 276 | pages = 1678 | year = 1997 | doi = 10.1126/science.276.5319.1678 | title = Infrared Spectrum of a Molecular Ice Cube: The S4 and D2d Water Octamers in Benzene-(Water)8 | issue=5319}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=M. R. Viant |author2=J. D. Cruzan |author3=D. D. Lucas |author4=M. G. Brown |author5=K. Liu |author6=R. J. Saykally | title = Pseudorotation in Water Trimer Isotopomers Using Terahertz Laser Spectroscopy | journal = ] | volume = 101 | pages = 9032 | year = 1997 | doi = 10.1021/jp970783j | issue = 48|bibcode=1997JPCA..101.9032V }}</ref> of water clusters requires ] tools such as ''] (FIR) vibration-rotation-tunneling (VRT) spectroscopy'' (an ] technique). The experimental observation<ref>{{cite journal |author1=C. J. Gruenloh |author2=J. R. Carney |author3=C. A. Arrington |author4=T. S. Zwier |author5=S. Y. Fredericks |author6=K. D. Jordan | journal = ] | volume = 276 | pages = 1678 | year = 1997 | doi = 10.1126/science.276.5319.1678 | title = Infrared Spectrum of a Molecular Ice Cube: The S4 and D2d Water Octamers in Benzene-(Water)8 | issue=5319}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=M. R. Viant |author2=J. D. Cruzan |author3=D. D. Lucas |author4=M. G. Brown |author5=K. Liu |author6=R. J. Saykally | title = Pseudorotation in Water Trimer Isotopomers Using Terahertz Laser Spectroscopy | journal = ] | volume = 101 | pages = 9032 | year = 1997 | doi = 10.1021/jp970783j | issue = 48|bibcode=1997JPCA..101.9032V }}</ref> of water clusters requires ] tools such as ''] (FIR) vibration-rotation-tunneling (VRT) spectroscopy'' (an ] technique).


Latest revision as of 01:58, 8 September 2024

Term in marketing scam

For the water surface phenomenon, see Exclusion zone (physics). For the six-sided shape freezing water takes in nature, see snowflake.

Hexagonal water, also known as gel water, structured water, cluster water, H3O2 or H3O2 is a term used in a marketing scam that claims the ability to create a certain configuration of water that is better for the body. The term "hexagonal water" refers to a cluster of water molecules forming a hexagonal shape that supposedly enhances nutrient absorption, removes metabolic wastes, and enhances cellular communication, among other things. The scam takes advantage of the consumer's limited knowledge of chemistry, physics, and physiology. Gel water is referenced in the version of the hoax in which plants or animal fascia are said to create or contain a "fourth phase" of water with an extra hydrogen and an extra oxygen, despite the reality that this compound is neither water, nor stable.

Incompatibilities with science

The concept of hexagonal water clashes with several established scientific ideas. Although water clusters have been observed experimentally, they have a very short lifetime: the hydrogen bonds are continually breaking and reforming at timescales shorter than 200 femtoseconds. This contradicts the hexagonal water model's claim that the particular structure of water consumed is the same structure used by the body. Similarly, the hexagonal water model claims that this particular structure of water "resonates with energetic vibrations of the body to amplify life force". Although water molecules strongly absorb energy in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum, there is no scientific evidence that supports the claim that hexagon-shaped water polymers would be created through bombardment of energy of these frequencies.

Proponents of the hexagonal water model claim that the measurable differences between commercially available "hexagonal water" products and tap water under O nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy indicate hexagonal water's special properties. However, this technique shows no significant differences between the supposed "hexagonal water", ultrapure water, and human urine. The experimental observation of water clusters requires spectroscopic tools such as Far-infrared (FIR) vibration-rotation-tunneling (VRT) spectroscopy (an infrared spectroscopy technique).

See also

External links

References

  1. "Is It Real, Or Is It 'Cluster Water?'". www.bioprocessonline.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. ^ Rowe, Aaron (2008-03-17). "Video: Hexagonal Water is an Appalling Scam". Wired. Wired Science. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. ^ "Drinking Water and Water Treatment Scams" (PDF). Alabama Cooperative Extension System. 2003-10-22. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  4. "Understanding Hexagonal Water". Aqua Technology. Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  5. "Hexagonal Water". Frequency Rising. Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  6. Warner, Adam (14 September 2021). "H3O2 Is Not the "Purest Water on Earth"". misbar.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  7. Smith, Jared D.; Christopher D. Cappa; Kevin R. Wilson; Ronald C. Cohen; Phillip L. Geissler; Richard J. Saykally (2005). "Unified description of temperature-dependent hydrogen-bond rearrangements in liquid water". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 102 (40): 14171–14174. Bibcode:2005PNAS..10214171S. doi:10.1073/pnas.0506899102. PMC 1242322. PMID 16179387.
  8. ^ Shin, Paul. "Water, Water, Everywhere, Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware)!" (PDF).
  9. C. J. Gruenloh; J. R. Carney; C. A. Arrington; T. S. Zwier; S. Y. Fredericks; K. D. Jordan (1997). "Infrared Spectrum of a Molecular Ice Cube: The S4 and D2d Water Octamers in Benzene-(Water)8". Science. 276 (5319): 1678. doi:10.1126/science.276.5319.1678.
  10. M. R. Viant; J. D. Cruzan; D. D. Lucas; M. G. Brown; K. Liu; R. J. Saykally (1997). "Pseudorotation in Water Trimer Isotopomers Using Terahertz Laser Spectroscopy". J. Phys. Chem. A. 101 (48): 9032. Bibcode:1997JPCA..101.9032V. doi:10.1021/jp970783j.
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