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Fizzy water droplets levitate at room temperature

23 Jul 2021 Isabelle Dumé
Leidenfrost droplet
A moving droplet. Courtesy: Philippe Bourrianne (Princeton)
If you’ve ever thrown water into a red-hot frying pan and watched the droplets roll around the pan

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