The team of researchers have observed that two large components of nuclear quantum effects (NQEs) somewhat cancel each other out, resulting in a small net effect on the boiling and melting points of water. They measured the competing quantum effects by using deep inelastic neutron scattering (DINS), and found that the melting and boiling points of light water differ very little from those of heavy water (which contains deuterium).The results further support the concept of competing quantum effects.

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