Archived A better trick than Walk on Hot Coals? Leidenfrost effect (gfycat.com)
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Archived A better trick than Walk on Hot Coals? Leidenfrost effect (gfycat.com)
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[–] Derpfroot 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think it's just so hot that as long as your hand is moist, the intense heat with create a barrier of steam between his skin, which keeps a very small, but very important, layer between the two. Same reason people can do this same trick with liquid nitrogen.