This phenomenon explains how firewalking is possible, and can be observed in circus tricks involving liquid nitrogen or molten lead. It was first reported by Hermann Boerhaave in 1732 but not extensively investigated until 1756, in "A Tract About Some Qualities of Common Water." For ten points, name
This phenomenon explains how firewalking is possible, and can be observed in circus tricks involving liquid nitrogen or molten lead. It was first reported by Hermann Boerhaave in 1732 but not extensively investigated until 1756, in "A Tract About Some Qualities of Common Water." For ten points, name this phenomenon, also known as film boiling, by which a vapor layer is formed under a liquid, prevented the rapid boiling of the substance.
This phenomenon explains how firewalking is possible, and can be observed in circus tricks involving liquid nitrogen or molten lead.
{Leidenfrost} effect