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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Ultrafast heating of water - This pot boils faster than you can watch it

Ultrafast heating of water - This pot boils faster than you can watch it
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2013 - Scientists from the Hamburg Center for Free-Electron Laser Science have devised a novel way to boil water in less than a trillionth of a second. The theoretical concept, which has not yet been demonstrated in practice, could heat a small amount of water by as much as 600 degrees Celsius in just half a picosecond (a trillionth of a second). That is much less than the proverbial blink of an ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ultrafast_heating_of_water_This_pot_boils_faster_than_you_can_watch_it_999.html

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