r/interesting • u/Santanalala • 2d ago

SCIENCE & TECH Water chasing its own tail

I poured some water into a very hot pot, swirled it around and after I stopped, the water continued it's path. As the pot cooled down, the water eventually broke form and dispersed. I'm assuming this is the Leidenfrost Effect in action. Science is neat!

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u/JuggaliciousMemes 2d ago

aqueous zoomies

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u/Allenpoe30 2d ago

Around the pan. Around the pan. Around the pan. Around the pan. Around the pan. Around the pan.

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u/mooripo 2d ago

story of my life

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u/YomanJaden99 2d ago

Waaaeeeooo

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u/gonsec 2d ago

It's called centrifugal force.

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u/OstrichSmoothe 14h ago

Nou its a VoRtEx!!

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u/gonsec 14h ago

A vortex requires a yin and yang. Two (or more) separate and independent bodies moving in a circle and opposing each other via the Bernoulli Effect.

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u/OstrichSmoothe 14h ago

Don’t get me started on the Bernoulli Effect

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u/gonsec 13h ago

One of my all time favs in science. : )

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u/OstrichSmoothe 13h ago

The non-linear perturbations in the spacetime continuum suggest a localized fluctuation in the Higgs field, potentially resulting in a transient quantum decoherence cascade across the entangled particle system

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u/gonsec 13h ago

If you say so.

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u/Akbbc2020 2d ago

Could anyone explain this?

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u/Santanalala 2d ago

Essentially, the pot reached a temperature beyond waters boiling point so when the water made contact, it began to instantly evaporate and that evaporation created a "cushion" between the pot and the water, which prevents it from making contact with the pot. That steam also prevents friction, which is why the stream of water kept circulating around the edges. Hope that makes sense!

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u/Klatty 2d ago

The Leidenfrost-effect!