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  2. Leidenfrost effect - Wikipedia

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    Leidenfrost droplet Demonstration of the Leidenfrost effect Leidenfrost effect of a single drop of water. The Leidenfrost effect is a physical phenomenon in which a liquid, close to a solid surface of another body that is significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer that keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.

  3. Surface chemistry of cooking - Wikipedia

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    This reaction is responsible for why meat, and many other food products, turn brown when cooked. This reaction only occurs at high temperatures. Water vapor is a byproduct of the Maillard reaction. The water molecules create a physical barrier between the proteins on the surface of the meat and the triglyceride molecules in the oil.

  4. Drywall - Wikipedia

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    Various sized cuts of 1 ⁄ 2 in (13 mm) drywall with tools for maintenance and installation . Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, [1] wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (), with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of ...

  5. Gypsum - Wikipedia

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    Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO 4 ·2H 2 O. [4] It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, drywall and blackboard or sidewalk chalk.

  6. Superheated water - Wikipedia

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    Water is a polar molecule, where the centers of positive and negative charge are separated; so molecules will align with an electric field. The extensive hydrogen bonded network in water tends to oppose this alignment, and the degree of alignment is measured by the relative permittivity. Water has a high relative permittivity of about 80 at ...

  7. Why Sweat and Heat Make Your Skin So Sensitive - AOL

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    Extreme heat caused not just by hot weather, but also by hot indoor environments like yoga studios, can cause melasma to flare. In the winter or when conditions are otherwise cool, the darkening ...

  8. Thermal shock - Wikipedia

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    Thermal shock resistance measures can be used for material selection in applications subject to rapid temperature changes. The maximum temperature jump, , sustainable by a material can be defined for strength-controlled models by: [4] [3] = where is the failure stress (which can be yield or fracture stress), is the coefficient of thermal expansion, is the Young's modulus, and is a constant ...

  9. The 10 Health Fads and Trends to Avoid in 2025 - AOL

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    Influencers claim steeping romaine lettuce in hot water for 10 minutes or so and then drinking the results will help you go to sleep faster. Lettuce water has no known effect on sleep.