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Somehow I can see someone trying this on a much grander scale to make the most awesome Dr. Doom halloween costume ever.

saw something like this on Time Warp, only the guy stuck his whole hand in up to the base of his fingers, but he put a hotdog in first to show what could happen with mistakes.

hey i saw this on discovery channel show time warp, a physics instructor dipped his hand into molten lead without burning his fingers

Kids are going to watch the Avangers, so be careful if any kid start flying around killing monsters like Thor.

That's the leidenfrost effect. Same effect causes water drops to levitate over a hot iron skillet and skate around. It's hot enough that a thin layer of steam forms at the contact and prevents the water from actually touching the hot metal. Also keeps people from getting burned when firewalking.

Because it's an interesting experiment.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

oh the burn. you just gave her the burn. rush her to the burn unit quickly!

Great vid. Thanks for doing the demo. I wanted to see someone doing it after reading the Leidenfrost effect wikipedia entry.

It's due to something called the Leidenfrost effect (I might have mispelled it). This can be demonstrated with a frying pan, water, and safety goggles (in case of sputter). As you heat the pan, water burns faster and faster, until it instantly vaporizes. Heat it more, and the water will form beads that dance around the pan for a long time. The water on the bottom vaporizes so quickly it provides a cushion of steam that prevents heat from transferring quickly to the rest of the water

i wouldn't like to eat out of that bowel after that experiment

ah yes, the leidenfrost effect. decent demonstration of it.

...you are a really smart person

boomguy just got served