superkylning
Superkylning, or supercooling, is the process of cooling a liquid below its normal freezing point without it becoming solid. In this metastable state, the liquid remains liquid despite temperatures at which it would normally crystallize, until a disturbance or nucleation event triggers rapid freezing.
The phenomenon arises from the absence of effective nucleation sites or impurities that would typically initiate
Methods to achieve superkylning involve careful control of cooling rates, purification, and minimization of agitation, as
Limitations of superkylning include its inherently unstable nature and the small likelihood that a given droplet