Relationship between Transport Phenomena and Characteristics of the Cluster Structure

Abstract

Using a statistical approach, we have estimated the size of water clusters and the number of free molecules participating in transport phenomena. The sizes of clusters and the number of molecules in them, as well as the number of free water molecules and their mean free paths, have been determined using experimental data on the temperature dependence of viscosity and density of water. It has been concluded that a temperature of 36.6°C is a special point in the range of 0–100°C. At temperatures higher than this value, the binding energy of a molecule with a cluster decreases abruptly, while the concentration of free molecules sharply increases. Quantitative data have been compared with the parameters of the superplastic state of titanium. As an example, we consider metabolism in functioning of erythrocytes of blood in an adult human.