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How to boil water without bubbles

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Coating helps hot metal hang onto protective vapour layer that prevents explosive boiling.

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  1. Vakarelski, I. U., Patankar, N. A., Marston, J. O., Chan, D. Y. C. & Thoroddsen, S. T. Nature 489, 274–277 (2012).

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