| ▲ | RetroTechie a day ago | |
> By definition a liquid cannot be below its freezing point until it has completed its phase change. Supercooled water is a thing: (and I've seen it a few times myself) | ||
| ▲ | wahern a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
Superheating, too, and that's something that can happen in a microwave, occasionally causing severe burns when superheated water flash boils. AFAIU, it's the same phenomenon--lack of nucleation sites to kick-off the phase transition. | ||
| ▲ | mrloopex a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Does that mean every TTT diagram is wrong? Nevermind I just learned about CCT diagrams. I guess having only one year of materials engineering means I should STFU. :) | ||