By: Alex Bowyer (blogging at http://alexbowyer.com and http://www.human20.com and on twitter as @alexbfree)
On a cold day in January 2011 in Montreal, I tried the experiment of throwing boiling water in the air. It does indeed crystallize instantly in the air (provided the water is boiling hot).
Apparently hot water is vibrating more, so separates more easily. This allows more cold to contact each water particle and they all freeze instantly.
UPDATE: MONTREAL GAZETTE COVERAGE
The Gazette featured a newly filmed video available at http://bit.ly/egfTpM
They also wrote a brief "story" and reposted this video at http://bit.ly/eZ3wfk
A photo was also featured on the front page of the Tues 24th Jan paper. Front page visible here: http://bit.ly/ijwYvU
This video was inspired by a suggestion from my friend Dean Upton and by watching this video: http://bit.ly/fuwo3o
Here's another couple of videos filmed in Montreal over the same cold spell:
http://bit.ly/f1BdZ8
http://bit.ly/igqsxC
Youre a wizard harry!
DubMartin8 3 hours ago
At first I thought that he just put some
snow in a cup an threw it over his patio...
xmatt96x 1 day ago
You sir made my day
ErmeeBlackOps 3 weeks ago
I'm a chemist and never knew of this phenomenon. Very educational :-)
martynhingley 6 months ago
Heh, that's pretty cool... really :)
zonqd 1 year ago
I did it in my video, but someone said it's freezing not evaporationg as I thought. So it looks like it's evaporating in some part of it.
MrPhilippeLeb 1 year ago
I think a lot of us in Montreal were doing the same thing over the past day or so! It was so cold we had to do something fun, right? I put my video up as well. :)
sherinakins 1 year ago
lmao
TheK33J 1 year ago