Polywater: A New Form of Water??

Polywater is a supposed polymeric form of water markedly different from ordinary water, claimed as a new discovery in the early 1970s. The claim was later retracted when its properties were found to be the result of impurities. A Russian scientist named Nikolai Fedyakin, performed experiments which involved sealing water in capillaries. He noticed that a second layer of water formed above the water that was supposed to be there and there was a layer of air between the two columns. Fedyakin also noticed that as the water below the second column decreased, the water in the second column increased. When Fedyakin examined the water he noticed that it had a higher viscosity than water it was more like a syrup. He also noticed that the second column of water had a higher boiling point and lower freezing point than water. When the U.S. Bureau of Standards observed the mystery substance they thought what everyone was thinking, "Could this be a new form of water?". Unfortunately, as the mystery substance was looked at closer, the "new form of water" was no more than tiny particles in ordinary water.