Water can boil and freeze at the same time.
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Can it really? It can boil and freeze at the same temperature, but that isn't the same as it boiling and freezing at the same time.
David_Cooper
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Jan 6, 2019
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That would be sublimation, well not quite. That would be the triple point.
Stephanie99
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Jan 6, 2019
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True, its a function of temperature and pressure.
My dad told an "it was so cold" yarn about throwing a pot of boiling water out the door on a cold winter morning and it froze before it hit the ground, he went to pick it up and it scalded his hands.
jlynn37
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Jan 6, 2019
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I've never heard of anyone doing that last part before. Perhaps the surface freezes and it's still next to boiling on the inside of each "frozen" drop.
@David_Cooper It is just a story with no truth to it.
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