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We have determined the lifetime of the OH-stretch vibration in pure liquid water as a function of temperature using femtosecond mid-infrared pump–probe spectroscopy. The lifetime T1 increases from 260±18 fs at T=298 K to 320±18 fs at T=358 K. The increase in lifetime with temperature can be quantitatively explained from the decrease in overlap resonance between the OH-stretch vibration and the overtone of the H–O–H bending mode.
Lock et al. (2002) studied this question.