Why did the water drops bounce instead of vaporizing on the hot cooker?

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The experiment demonstrated that water drops bounce on a hot cooker surface due to the pressure of vapor formation beneath them. This phenomenon occurs because the vapor prevents the drops from making direct contact with the hot metal, allowing them to move frictionlessly until they eventually vaporize. The use of an infrared camera provided visual evidence of this behavior, highlighting the interaction between the water drops and the heated surface. Understanding this process is crucial for grasping the principles of heat transfer and phase changes in liquids.

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After completing an experiment observing a glass of water on a switched-on cooker with an infrared camera, some water drops accidentally landed on the surface of the hot cooker and started to bounce from one point to another until they finally vaporized. I wonder why the drops instead of vaporizing at the same time they came in touch with the hot surface, they just kept bouncing from it. Does it have something to do with the water vapour preventing the drops to vaporize instantly? Thank you for your answers!
 
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The pressure of the vapor formation on the bottom surface of the drops prevents them from contacting the surface of the cooker - causing them to move quite frictionlessly on the metal surface for some time before evaporating completely.
 
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