Leidenfrost effect
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost.
Noun[edit]
Leidenfrost effect (plural Leidenfrost effects)
- 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.