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Superheating

In physics, superheating is the phenomenon that a liquid can be heated to a temperature higher than its boiling point without actually boiling. This can happen because gas bubble formation at the normal boiling temperature can only occur in the presence of seeds in the form of small particles or gas bubbles.

See also:

• supercooling
• supersaturation

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