Re: How to explain this?

[Dan MacIsaac <Dan.MacIsaac@NAU.EDU>]

On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 01:49 PM, Gerson B. Costamilan wrote:

> > Now I do not understand. Dissolving salt in
> > a cold beer you get the same  phenomenon.
> > Why is it superheating?
>
> In this case, I think,  the salt provides nucleation centers to produce
> bubles of the dissolved gas.
Bohren, C.F. (1987).  Clouds in a glass of beer: Simple experiments in
atmospheric physics.  Mineola: Dover.
$12 from <http://store.yahoo.com/doverpublications/0486417387.html>.  A
great gift for physics teachers.

Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics, SUNY-Buffalo State College
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