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From: halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Interesting phenomenon observed
Message-ID: <627@houxz.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Dec-83 15:36:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 27 15:36:21 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 29-Dec-83 01:12:30 EST
Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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All this cold weather allowed me to observe (unintentionally) a
phenomenon I learned about in thermo but never actually saw.
We keep carbonated beverages in the garage.  With the cold spell
we've been having, I was afraid it might freeze, but everything
looked OK, so I did nothing.  Over the weekend I brought in a
bottle (2 liter plastic type).  When I twisted off the cap, I could
watch the ice form in the center, almost instantaneously.  This is
a fine example of supercooling a liquid and of evaporative cooling.