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Effects of action at a distance in watera Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Institutskii per. 9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, 141701, Russian Federation b National Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’, pl. akad. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation c Gero, 60 Paya Lebar Road # 05-40B Paya Lebar Square, Singapore, 409051, Republic of Singapore Dipole—dipole interaction between molecules of hydrogen-bonding polar liquids (HBPLs), which has a collective and long-range nature, determines the basic large-scale properties of such liquids. We present a two-scale phenomenological vector model of polar liquids (VMPLs), wherein the liquid is described by a polarization vector. The simplest version of this model satisfactorily reproduces the well-known properties of HBPLs and interaction between macroscopic objects in a liquid. The possible existence of a ferroelectric phase transition (FPT) in supercooled liquid water is discussed. Near the FPT, fluctuations of the polarization vector increase, which may be the cause of the so-called 'anomalous' properties of water. We propose a quantitative classification of body surfaces based on the properties of their wettability by polar liquids. The ordering of dipoles of molecules located in the near-surface layers of HBPLs and phase transitions in these layers are discussed. The proposed model enables a significant reduction in computer time in numerical simulations of systems that contain a large number of water molecules.
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