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Why water drops last longer on a hotter pan: the Leidenfrost effect
Flick water onto a warm pan and it sizzles away in a second. Make the pan hotter, past about 193 °C, and something odd happens: the drop pulls into a bead…
Physics
5 min read
2 Oct