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Neat News 2022-41 (added 2022-02-10)

Levitation of ice

leidenfrost.jpg
© Cryonic07 [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Some 250 years ago the so-called Leidenfrost effect was detected that water droplets can hover over a hot surface for a while, insulated by a vapour layer. Scientists managed now to reproduce a similar effect with ice and a hotter surface. There may be applications in metallurgy and fire fighting.

related: #levitation #ice

News seen at: Scientific American - Particle Physics

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