Interesting idea and a good correlation. I sent it to
Davidson to see what he thinks about it...unfortunately, the
experiment does not indicate if there was a thermometer
involved so I don't think so.
I would think there would be boiling but then again with
this phase change phenomenon the fluid could be still on the
surface and just suddenly erupt in some kind of cascade
dissocation.
Kind of like a hot version of the Bose Einstein Condensate
where all the atoms polarize and line up to act as one
gigantic 'graduated' structure... a macro version of the
micro structure, now resonantly tuned to respond 'as one'.
Perhaps using the sonoluminescence setup, which by the way,
is strikingly reminescent of the Dr. X experiment but on a
larger scale, it could be duplicated with a decent amplifier
and variable signal source.
Chaos and self-organizing effects should have reproducible
conditions for conrolled phenomena such as a phase change.
Peter Harris wrote:
>
> Hello all
> Since a recient mail about microwave ovens super-heating coffee, I
> have been thinking about the Dr. X experiment described in
>
> http://www.keelynet.com/energy/docx.htm
>
> ...snip..
> The water is being heated as evidensed by the evaporation. I am
> assuming that the inside of the container was smooth so when the
> water reached boiling point there was nowhere for the first steam
> bubble to form. Under these conditions it is possible to super-heat
> water that is to raise it to a temperature above 100C without is
> actually boiling. A super-heated liquid is very unstable and actual
> boiling can be triggered by a shock or physical contact with
> something that allows vapour bubbles to form. I suggest that this is
> what happened to Dr. X, his column of water was super-heated and
> vanished through the roof in a steam explosion when boiling
> was finally triggered leaving a hot dry container behind.
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