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Water that hovers? Discover the Leidenfrost effect and a kitchen hack you’ll never forget!
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Your frying pan just turned into a physics lab. At ≈193 °C, water stops sizzling and starts skating on a vapor cushion—the Leidenfrost effect. This 2-minute short reveals:

How to spot the hover-droplet at home
Why vapor acts like an air-hockey table
Surprising tech powered by the same phenomenon—from rocket cooling to self-propelled droplets

0:00 Hover-droplet hook
0:10 Vapor cushion explained
0:18 What “Leidenfrost” means
0:25 Real-world uses
0:31 Home experiment + safety
0:45 CTA / playlist

Scientists peg the critical “Leidenfrost point” for water on steel at roughly 193 °C / 379 °F, while Emory researchers show droplets still levitate even as temperature drops slightly on textured surfaces.

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