Water Drops Dance in Burning Hot Pot

GUIDE: IT WILL TAKE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE THE EXPERIMENT. Activate the hotplate at its highest temperature.

Place a pot or a frying pan – remember no Teflon – on the plate and wait a few minutes, until it is burning hot. If you have an old-fashioned stove with a solid top, there is no need for a pot or a frying pan.

Mix colour into the water and pour it into a squirt bottle.

The colour makes it easier to see the drops, and the bottle makes it easier to control the quantity of water.

You can check the temperature by pouring a little water into the pot.

If the temperature is not sufficiently high, the water drops will spread out and quickly evaporate.

When the pot has the right temperature,

the water drops will remain intact, dancing about the bottom of the pot for up to 30 seconds without evaporating.