http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Leidenfrost Posts tagged with 'Leidenfrost' at MetaFilter. Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:57:25 -0800 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:57:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/50686/Self%2DPropelled%2DLiquid%2DDroplets <a href="http://www.uoregon.edu/~linke/climbingdroplets/index.html">Self Propelled Liquid Droplets</a> : When a <a href="http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Elinke/dropletmovies/index.html">liquid drop is placed </a>(.mov files) on a surface held at a temperature much higher than the liquid’s boiling point it <a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/03/20/science/sciill900.jpg">hovers</a> on its own vapor cushion, without wetting the surface. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50686 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:57:25 -0800 Leidenfrost liquid dhruva http://www.metafilter.com/46802/The%2DLeidenfrost%2DEffect <a href="http://www.wiley.com/college/phy/halliday320005/pdf/leidenfrost_essay.pdf">The Leidenfrost Effect.</a> It's the reason that water droplets don't instantly evaporate off of a hot plate between 200 and 300 deg C. Another obscure physical phenomenon? Perhaps - except for <a href="http://www.wiley.com/college/phy/halliday320005/pdf/leidenfrost_essay.pdf">Jearl Walker</a>, the physicist who uses it for some awesome demonstrations: <a href="http://www.csicop.org/si/9911/willey.html">sticking your hand into molten lead</a>, <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_036.html">walking on hot coals</a> and <a href="http://chronicle.com/jobs/2003/07/2003071801c.htm">gargling with liquid nitrogen</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.46802 Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:09:20 -0800 firewalking hotlead Leidenfrost physics GuyZero