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Heat Race Across a Maze with the Leidenfrost Effect
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Heat Race Across a Maze with the Leidenfrost Effect

September 26, 2013 QuarX Leave a comment

A photograph showing the Leidenfrost effect of liquid nitrogen in action. The experimenter's warm hand is seen plunged into a vat of liquid nitrogen, which spills over. Don't Try This At Home!

A Familiar Sight in The Kitchen

The Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon in which a liquid, brought in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid’s own boiling point, produces a thin vapour layer.  This insulating vapour layer keeps liquid from boiling rapidly.  Continue reading Heat Race Across a Maze with the Leidenfrost Effect →

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