“…He notes that the work necessary to mechanically shear the last monolayer of water fr om a calcium montmorillonite lattice is 240 ergs/cm2 which equates to a force of 79,000 lb/in2• Values for the second last monolayer are 65 ergs/cm2 and"" 37,000 lb/in2. Gurikov (1963) in reviewing studies on cold neutron (�0.01 eV) scattering by water, notes that in this respect water is much closer to the solid state than are simple liquids.…”