When cold warms faster than hot – Physics World
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Description
Jennifer Ouellette explores the controversially counterintuitive phenomenon of hot water freezing faster than cold – and why some scientists think a reverse effect may even occur too
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John Meyer on X: Thermodynamics and Kinetics anyone? / X
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Anomalous Thermal Relaxations
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John Meyer (@MaterialsJohn) / X
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Vzdorující Mpembův jev: Skutečně horká voda mrzne rychleji? –
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John Meyer (@MaterialsJohn) / X
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Anomalous Thermal Relaxations
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Vzdorující Mpembův jev: Skutečně horká voda mrzne rychleji? –
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Anomalous Thermal Relaxations
John Meyer (@MaterialsJohn) / X
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