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MENTAL MODEL · M4360

Supercooling

Supercooling
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-28

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Supercooling is a physical phenomenon where the temperature of a liquid or gas is lowered without causing it to solidify or desublimate, enabling effects such as instantaneous ice formation in water.

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Supercooling is a physical phenomenon where the temperature of a liquid or gas is lowered without causing it to solidify or desublimate, enabling effects such as instantaneous ice formation in water.

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A liquid remains below its freezing point without solidifying (metastable state); once a nucleation site appears, an instantaneous overall phase transition occurs, hiding mature conditions beneath a calm surface.

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