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supercooling [¦sü·pər′kül·iŋ] (thermodynamics) Cooling of a substance below the temperature at which a change of state would ordinarily take place without such a change of state occurring, for example, the cooling of a liquid below its freezing point without freezing taking place; this results in a metastable state. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Five proposals are in the works to have tankers bring liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to the Southern California coast, where the supercooled liquid would be converted back into gas and then piped to the region's existing natural gas network. That's just the kind of experimental impasse that beckons computer simulations, which can unfold in such slow motion that researchers can observe properties of a supercooled liquid before it has time to freeze. The shuttle's massive external fuel tank is loaded with 500,000 gallons of supercooled liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. |
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