Physics of Everyday Phenomena
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 15CQ
What does it mean for a liquid to be supercooled? (See everyday phenomenon box 10.1.)
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