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BookmarkIn physics, superheating (sometimes referred to as boiling retardation, boiling delay, or defervescence) is the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its standard boiling point, without actually boiling..
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Boiling point — The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which it can change its state from a liquid to a gas throughout the bulk of the liquid. A ... > read more
Phase (matter) — A phase is a set of states of a macroscopic physical system that have relatively uniform chemical composition and physical properties (i.e. density, ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Superheating at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
