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Why would anyone assume that anyone but an American fully familiar with popular culture and the vernacular would have any idea what a "polywater gap" is? Imagine you have trouble even speaking English to start, and then coming across some mysterious phrase like that. |
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In 1966, Derjaguin travelled to England for the "Discussions of the [[Faraday Society]]" in [[Nottingham]]. There, he presented the work again, and this time English scientists took note of what he referred to as ''anomalous water''. English scientists then started researching the effect as well, and by 1968 it was also under study in the United States.
By 1969, the concept had spread to [[newspapers]] and [[magazines]].<ref name=unnatural>{{cite news |author= |title= Unnatural Water |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,941747,00.html#ixzz193cs9DeB |quote= Western scientists were frankly skeptical. Russian Chemists N. Fedyakin and Boris Deryagin claimed to have produced a mysterious new substance, a form of water so stable, it boiled only at about 1,000°F., or five times the boiling temperature of natural water. It did not evaporate. It did not freeze - though at -40°F., with little or no expansion, it hardened into a glassy substance, quite unlike ice. |work= [[Time magazine]] |date= December 19, 1969 |accessdate= 2010-12-24}}</ref><ref name=poly/> There was fear {{Failed verification |date= April 2013}} by the [[United States military]] that there was a so-called "polywater gap" with the [[Soviet Union]], a popular media term indicating a possible capability "gap", or discrepancy, between the US and the USSR, popularized by media hype of the "[[bomber gap]]", the "[[missile gap]]", and the "[[cruiser gap]]", during periods when the USSR appeared to be outstripping the US in numbers of these respective weapons.
A scientific furor followed. Some experiments carried
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