Much of the rain that falls on Earth began as snow high in the atmosphere. As it falls through warmer layers of air, the snowflakes melt and form water droplets. Keep reading
Tag: phase transition
Does Liquid in a Vacuum Boil or Freeze?
What happens to a liquid in a cold vacuum? Does it boil or freeze? These animations of liquid nitrogen (LN2) in a vacuum chamber demonstrate the answer: first one, then Keep reading
Glass Isn’t a Fluid
Mark R writes: Glass is a Fluid, Too Post complex equations regarding how long it would take a certain window to flow, and post pictures of sunken glass. This would Keep reading