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eternauta3k
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Controversy continues over whether hot water freez...
The second one is false.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect
eternauta3k
on June 30, 2022
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Basically, heat transfer rate in a liquid goes down when a certain temperature is reached, because an insulating layer of vapor is formed.
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