The Leidenfrost Effect: "a phenomenon in which a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer which keeps that liquid from boiling rapidly". It looks pretty spectacular captured at 3000 frames-per-second (almost as spectacular as when the same principle is applied to the human hand).
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Science Experiments What Happens When Water Hits a Scalding Hot Pan at 3000 Frames-Per-Second?
By Robin Mansur
Jan 29, 2011 01:14 AM
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