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Leidenfrost effect

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  • noun The phenomenon whereby a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapour layer which keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.

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After Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost.

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