Mpemba effect
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title:
Mpemba effect
text:
The Mpemba effect is the name given to the observation that a liquid which is initially hot can freeze faster than the same liquid which begins cold, under otherwise similar conditions. There is disagreement about its theoretical basis and the parameters required to produce the effect. The Mpemba effect is named after Tanzanian scientist Erasto Bartholomeo Mpemba, who described it in 1963 as a secondary school student. The initial discovery and observations of the effect originate in ancient tim
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description:
Natural phenomenon that hot water freezes faster than cold
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect
date created:
2004-01-24T16:31:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T18:43:13Z
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