Talk:Superheated water

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A fact from Superheated water appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 10 February 2008.
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[edit] Anomalous Behavior Comment

The example of anomalous behavior is quoted from an email. So, it should indicate this in its discussion, with a citation made pointing one of the rather numerous hoax discussion sites that talks about the email. I think it would probably be appropriate to scrap it in favor of a mention of Mythbusters episode 0104 instead, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.113.139.187 (talk) 20:20, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

The behaviour cited is specifically watrer at atmospheric pressure heated above its boiling point, and therefore metastable. This article refers to stable water under pressure. There is an article Superheating which covers the behaviour described. This is mentioned in the lead section, but perhaps the destinction needs to be made clearer.Stainless316 (talk) 14:25, 13 May 2008 (UTC)