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RE: A Liquid that Goes Solid when Heated
by Vile at 3:36 pm EDT, Sep 27, 2004

dmv wrote:
] ] We report a reversible liquid-solid transition upon
] ] heating of a simple solution composed of a-cyclodextrine
] ] (alpha-CD), water, and 4-methylpyridine. These solutions
] ] are homogeneous and transparent at ambient temperature
] ] and solidify when heated to temperatures between 45° and
] ] 75°. Quasielastic and elastic neutron scattering show
] ] that molecular motions are slowed down in the solid and
] ] that crystalline order is established. The solution
] ] "freezes on heating." This process is fully reversible,
] ] on cooling the solid melts. A rearrangement of hydrogen
] ] bonds is postulated to be responsible for the observed
] ] phenomenon.
]
] ...Dude.

It sounds like a cross between shrinky dinks and cum.

RE: A Liquid that Goes Solid when Heated


 
 
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