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The Clustered Water® production process is protected by United States Patent #5,711,950 and #6,033,678


FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates generally to microclustered water. More specifically, the invention relates to the synthesis and treatment of microclustered water to produce water having useful properties in a variety of environments.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

It is well known that water is composed of individual water molecules that associate with others through hydrogen bonding. From statistical and mechanical analyses of water, it was found that liquid water may be regarded as a mixture of hydrogen bonded clusters and unbonded molecules. Considini, D. M., Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York (1984). Thereafter it was shown that water can be characterized by five species: unbonded molecules, tetrahydrogen bonded molecules in the interior of a cluster; and surface molecules connected to the cluster by 1, 2 or 3 hydrogen bonds. Id. Under normal conditions, natural clustering of water molecules is short lived and the cluster size is unpredictable. Water which has been treated to have a more ordered and stable clustering of water molecules, shall be referred to herein as "microclustered" water.

"The presence of dissolved solutes causes the structure and properties of liquid water to change." Lehninger, A. L. Biochemistry p. 44 (1975). For example, when sodium chloride is dissolved in water, water molecules surround the sodium and chloride ions to produce ion hydrates. The resulting geometry of the water molecules differs from that of the prior clusters of hydrogen-bonded water molecules. The water molecules become more highly ordered and regular in structure. The addition of sodium chloride to microclustered water effects the same result. Thus, the sodium chloride may be said to function as a "template" for the change. As used herein, "template" refers to any material which is used with microclustered water to create a molecular structure therein for the achievement of specific results.

Much of microcluster chemistry has focused on the ionization of metals and the formation of small metal cluster groups which elicit a significant change in chemical behavior. Such research is exemplified by Weiller, B. H., Bechtold, P. S., Parko, E. K., et al., The Reactions of Iron Clusters with Water. Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 91, Note. 8:4714-27 (Oct. 15, 1989); and Yang, X. L., Castleman, A. W., Large Protonated Water Clusters, Journal of The American Chemical Society, Vol. III, Note 17:6845-46 (Aug. 16, 1989). However, microcluster technology has also been concerned with the interaction of various solutes, such as proteins, nucleic acid and cellular material.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a method of producing microclustered liquid from liquid starting material which is preferably water, comprising boiling liquid starting material to produce starting material vapor, passing the starting material vapor across a magnetic field, exposing the starting material vapor to light, condensing the starting material vapor to produce microclustered water, and adding at least one stabilizer. Preferably, at least one template base is added, the microclustered water is placed under a pressure greater than 1 atmosphere. In a preferred embodiment the microclustered water is shaken, depressurized, and diluted between 10.sup.3 times and 10.sup.20 times with water. Preferably, the magnetic field is generated by materials, such as magnetite or iron oxides, which possess magnetic properties, the light is monochromatic light having a wavelength from 610 nanometers to 1 millimeter. The stabilizer preferably comprises a metasillicate compound, such as sodium metasillicate or lithium metasillicate and is added in a concentration between 0.1 ppm and 4 ppm. The template is preferably added in a concentration of 1.0% or less, more preferably 0.1% or less.

The present invention also provides the microclustered liquid produced by the foregoing method. In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a process for producing a medicament for the treatment of an abnormal state in a living organism, comprising producing microclustered water by the foregoing process wherein the template has activity in treating the abnormal state. The resulting templated microclustered water can be administered to a living organism.

Still another aspect of the present invention is a process for producing a gasoline additive, by following the foregoing process using coal tar as template.

In a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for the production of microclustered water from purified water, comprising an energy source for boiling the purified water to create steam, a distillation column through which the steam is passed, a source of a magnetic field which generates a magnetic field within the distillation column while the steam passes therethrough, a condensation column in which the steam condenses after the steam has passed through the distillation column, and a light source which provides light energy to the steam in the condensation column. The apparatus preferably also includes a pressure resistant container in which condensed fluid from the condensation column can be pressurized, wherein the source of a magnetic field comprises a material which possesses magnetic properties such as magnetite or an iron oxide. These materials are preferably encased in a glass tube within the distillation column. The light source preferably comprises a monochromatic light source. such as a helium-argon laser, and also comprises a cooling coil surrounding the condensation column.

The present invention also provides microclustered water stably producing an .sup.17 O NMR resonance signal less than 115 Hz, preferably between 25 Hz and 70 Hz, and more preferably between 60 Hz and 70 Hz. This water is preferably templated and has a conductivity of at least 3.7 .mu.S/cm and a surface tension of less than 61 dynes/cm.

The present invention also provides the following: a medicament for the promotion of healing of burns produced by a method comprising producing microclustered water by the foregoing process, wherein the template comprises aloe vera with vitamin E, a medicament for pain relief for a living organism, produced by a method comprising producing microclustered water by the foregoing process, wherein the template comprises an opiate peptide, a medicament for reducing the need for insulin in a mammal with adult onset diabetes, produced by a method comprising producing microclustered water by the foregoing process, wherein the template comprises chromium ions, a medicament for treating viral infections of a living organism, produced by a method comprising producing microclustered water by the foregoing process, wherein the template comprises a yeast culture or an antiviral pharmaceutical agent, a medicament for the promotion of growth of a living organism, produced by a method comprising producing microclustered water by the foregoing process, wherein the template comprises a yeast culture, and a chemical catalyst produced by a method comprising producing templated microclustered water by the foregoing process, wherein the template comprises an inorganic catalyst or an enzyme.

A process for the synthesis of microclustered water consisting of rings containing 3 to 15 molecules and their complexes. The solution is distilled in a reflux chamber and condensed in an ionization chamber with the product blended with a template base and treated under specific temperatures, gas environments, and pressures. This microclustered water may be used as a carrying solution in medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and in facilitating chemical reactions.

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