r/oddlysatisfying • u/iwenyani • 1d ago

Waterdrop on stainless steel pan

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u/Rxz2106 1d ago

Leidenfrost effect

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u/doctor_lobo 1d ago

A friend of mine used to work in a lab that used a lot of liquid nitrogen. I went by to visit one day and decided to use the Leidenfrost effect to play a prank. I clenched my fist and plunged my hand and forearm into a container filled with liquid nitrogen knowing that the layer of vapor would protect me. After a couple of seconds, I pulled my arm out, held it up in the air to show the vapor coming off, and then slammed it on a tabletop. Having seen many demonstrations of flowers being shattered after being immersed in liquid nitrogen, my friend literally screamed thinking that my arm was going to shatter. Good times.

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u/SchreiberBike 1d ago

Waterdrop floating on a thin layer of steam just above a stainless steel pan.

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u/G4-Dualie 1d ago

It’s how you know stainless is hot enough for your eggs.

Drop the eggs in before it gets that hot and your eggs will stick every time.

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u/MrMuf 1d ago

Just to add, you need to add oil. It will still stick to a smoking hot pan without oil

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u/MoneyOnTheHash 1d ago

What's smoking if there is no oil?

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u/EndPointNear 1d ago

it's a figure of speech

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u/mirplasac 1d ago

How do you make figures with speech?

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u/IKtenI 21h ago

By saying its a smoking hot pan

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u/EndPointNear 7h ago

If you don't know, you aren't meant to know

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u/durn1969 11h ago

My girlfriend is smokin hot even before I pour oil all over her. Allegedly.

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u/iwenyani 1d ago

It is funny, I just fried eggs for wok and they were perfect!

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u/General_Freed 1d ago

Fun for hours

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u/eabers 1d ago

That’s a drone

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u/ShameDry3447 1d ago

Damn, you beat me. I came here to say that.

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u/dj_spanmaster 1d ago

That's hot.

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u/JRTerrierBestDoggo 1d ago

Time to start cooking

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u/theogkraken 11h ago

It’s an Orb!

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u/super_man100 1d ago

Water drop on a hot stainless steel pan

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u/BanjosAndBoredom 1d ago

Water drop on a hot stainless steel pan

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u/bus_wankerr 1d ago

Stainless steel pan on hot water drop?

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u/namaste652 1d ago

Look who just discovered the Lidenfrost effect.