No-Bubble Boiling Could Help Prevent Nuclear Disaster | Video

3,873 views · Published 13 September 2012 · 0:20 · Indexed 9 October 2026

Channel: Live Science · 2012 · Science & Technology

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A tiny heated steel sphere coated with the "no bubble" material and one without the coatingare cooled from 716 F, showing explosive bubbling only in the uncoated sphere. Research could lead to technology to prevent potential power plant disasters.

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