Droplets burst apart when they freeze

When they freeze water droplets break apart sending ice in all directions.  This was only found with cameras that can capture this in unprecedented detail from the initial crystallization to the final explosion.... awesome right?


https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.084101

A thousand liquid droplets

Watch and learn about evaporation, surface tension and fluid flow by watching a drop of water-alcohol mixture on a layer of sunflower oil.  It breaks into a thousand pieces..


https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/19