When water freezes before it solidifies
Fluid Dynamics
2012-10-16 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Chemical Physics
Abstract
We present a fluid dynamics video which illustrates a kinetic-dominated phase change just prior to solidification inception for a static drop situated on a cold solid substrate. This metastable stage initiated from solid-vapor-liquid interface and propagates through drop volume at much faster speeds than solidification growth stage.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1210.3759,
title = {When water freezes before it solidifies},
author = {Faryar Tavakoli and Alen Sarkissians and Pirouz Kavehpour},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.3759},
year = {2012}
}