Water is a truly unique substance in many respects. It is the only chemical compound that naturally occurs in all three physical states (solid, liquid and vapor) under the thermodynamic conditions typical to the Earths surface. It plays the principal role in virtually any significant geological and biological processes on our planet. Its outstanding
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Andrey G. Kalinichev (2001) studied this question.