Northwestern News Boiling Water Without Bubbles (VIDEO)

Northwestern University

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This movie shows the cooling of 20 mm hydrophilic (left) and superhydrophobic (right) steel spheres in 100 C water. The spheres' initial temperature is about 380 C. The bubbling phase of boiling is completely eliminated for steel spheres with superhydrophobic coating.

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Ivan U. Vakarelski of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

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