Exploding Droplet (IMAGE)

Brown University

Exploding Droplet

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A new study shows the ultimate fate of Leidenfrost droplets, liquid drops that levitate above very hot surfaces. Larger drops explode violently with an audible crack. Smaller ones simple shrink and fly away.

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