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The paper is devoted to a detailed analysis of the two important transport processes - the kinematic shear viscosity and the self-diffusion - for all states of liquid water from the triple point to the critical point. Our approach to the shear viscosity is grounded on friction effects between the two nearest molecular layers shifting relative to each other. In this relation, the nature of the shear viscosity in water is fully similar to that in argon. The contribution, caused by interlayer displacements of molecules, is assumed to be negligibly small. The behavior of the kinematic shear viscosities of water is investigated in detail in the two characteristic directions: the vapor-liquid coexistence curve and isotherms. As for argon, it is assumed that the self-diffusion in water is formed by the two main contributions, caused by the molecular transport by nano-scale vortex hydrodynamic modes and collective intermixing of molecules on molecular scales. The mechanism of the second type is with good accuracy described by the Einstein formula with a hard-core radius of a molecule determined from analysis of the shear viscosity of water., 28 pages, 14 figures

The work is devoted to the investigation of properties of water vapor. The main attention is focused on the physical nature of its effective polarizability and heat capacity at constant volume. We show that the specific temperature dependencies of these characteristics are mainly caused by thermal vibration excitations of water dimers. In connection with this we determine normal coordinates for the dimer vibrations. We investigate fluctuations of the dipole moments of dimers in details and consider their contributions to the dielectric permittivity of the water vapor. We also took into account the contribution of the interparticle interactions on the heat capacity. Analyzing the behavior of the effective polarizability and heat capacity we defined the temperature dependence of the dimer concentration on the coexistence vapor-liquid curve. The noticeable dimerization in the saturated water vapor takes place only for temperatures T/Tc > 0.8 (Tc is the critical temperature). It is important to note that the successful reproduction of the effective polarizability and heat capacity can serve good test for the correct description of the dimer concentration in different approaches., 28 pages, 12 figures, tables 5

The mean square displacement (MSD) of an argon molecule as a function of time is studied. Its deviations from the standard asymptotic law for intermediate times are analyzed in details. It is shown that these deviations are mainly connected with the square-root contribution to the MSD which is proportional the ratio of the collective part to the full self-diffusion coefficient. It is established that the relative value of the collective contribution to the self-diffusion coefficient of argon changes from 0.23 near the triple point up to 0.4 at approaching the critical point. A new method for the determination of the Maxwell relaxation time is proposed. Its temperature dependence on the coexistence curve and one of isochors is investigated., Comment: 23 pages, 8 figures

The weighty evidences of specific transformations of the thermal motion in pure water in the physiological temperature interval (PTI) from (30 +(-) 3)o C to (42 +(-) 3)o C for warm-blooded organisms are presented. It is shown that near the right end of the PTI (42 +(-) 3)o C the crystal-like thermal motion in water transforms to argon-like one (i.e. the dynamic phase transition (DPT) occurs). It is show that the similar transformation takes also place in water-Mioglobin solutions. It is proposed that the DPT takes also place in the intracellular water, where it stimulates the denaturation of proteins. The restriction of the PTI on the left of (30 +(-) 3)o C is naturally explained by the clusterization of water molecules, which strongly increases when temperature drops. The middle, ((36 +(-) 1)o C), of the PTI for warm-blooded organisms is disposed at the minimum of the heat capacity at constant pressure, that forwards to the stability of heat-exchange for bio-cells., 13 pages, 6 figures