THE LEIDENFROST EFFECT - Video

In 1756, Johann Leidenfrost dropped water on red-hot iron and watched it refuse to boil. The same vapor layer wraps a glowing gear the instant it hits the quench tank — the water briefly insulating the metal it's meant to cool.

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