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Soft matter and liquids

Soft matter and liquids

When cold warms faster than hot

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01 Dec 2017
Taken from the December 2017 issue of Physics World

Does hot water really freeze faster than cold? Jennifer Ouellette describes what could be a new theoretical understanding for the so-called Mpemba effect – and why it predicts that cold water could even heat up faster than warm water

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Jennifer Ouellette is a science writer and the author of four popular-science books. She lives in Los Angeles, California, e-mail jenluc@gmail.com
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