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I'm not 100% sure it is the same phenomenon but growing up in a very cold climate where I had to park my car outside in high school I remember many times gettin
by handmodel 6y ago
I'm not 100% sure it is the same phenomenon but growing up in a very cold climate where I had to park my car outside in high school I remember many times getting into the car where a half full Poland Spring plastic water bottle would sit with water. If I tapped the bottle - the entire thing would freeze in under a second. It looked amazing.
(I always thought it was a pressure thing - but not positive if that is what the article is describing or something more nuanced)
- senectus1 6y agothere is a similar inverse process for hot water as well... if you take a very very clean and perfectly smooth surfaced (on the inside) cup/glass and microwave it to just before the point of boiling, then drop anything into it (sugar, coffee, a teaspoon... pretty much anything) it will very energetically, instantly boil.. often vertically... be careful performing this experiment. Edit: here this will help explain it https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/superheating.htm https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/superheating.h...
- kosievdmerwe 6y agoWhy I never boil anything in a microwave. Because as you say it explodes when you interact with it and are therefore are close to it rather than when it's sitting safely inside the microwave.
- social_quotient 6y agoSupercooled - https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1618 https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1618
- yellow_lead 6y agoNot sure if it's related to the article but this is called superfreezing or supercooling. You can do it with distilled water at home too I believe. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercooling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercooling