On 9/5/2011 5:50 PM, Patrick Elliott wrote:

> Worse than that, in certain conditions you can "hyper-heat" water, and,
> I assume, probably super cool it, without changing state. In the former
> case you just need a container that has "no" places for bubbles to form.
> Not sure what you would need to do in the later case to make it happen,
> if you could.

You can super-cool water. Fun trick:

Get some bottled water, leave it in the freezer for approximately 30 
minutes (some experimentation will be needed to determine the exact 
amount of time needed for the best effect) remove it from the freezer, 
note that it is still liquid, bang it against something to get a crystal 
to nucleate, then watch the ice form right in front of you. Enjoy your 
slushy, cold water.

-- 
~Mike

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