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Explosive boiling
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Physical_chemistry/WqwnJjRM">physical chemistry</a>, explosive boiling or phase explosion is a process in which a <a href="/facts/Superheating/FVKFCdhg">superheated</a> <a href="/facts/Metastability/H72SMWof">metastable</a> liquid undergoes an explosive liquid–vapor <a href="/facts/Phase_transition/eLP2BY8R">phase transition</a> into a stable two-phase state because of a massive <a href="/facts/Nucleation/efUVLsLR">homogeneous nucleation</a> of vapor bubbles. This concept was pioneered by M. M. Martynyuk in 1976 and then later advanced by Fucke and Seydel. </p>