A Liquid That Turns Solid When Heated

Roland Piquepaille writes "There are some sure things in life, such as death and taxes. When you are heating a solid, you expect it will melt and when you're boiling water, you're pretty certain that it will turn into vapor. But what about a liquid that becomes solid when it's heated? Of course, it has already been done, for example in the chemical process of polymerization. But now, PhysicsWeb writes that a team of French physicists has discovered a law-breaking liquid that defies the rules. When you heat it between 45 and 75C, it becomes solid. But the process is fully reversible, and this is a world's premiere. When you decrease the temperature, this solid melts and turns again into a liquid. I'm not sure of the implications of such a phenomenon, but it's fascinating. Read more for essential details."

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If true, this chemical will possibly force the scientific community to reevaluate chemical laws and make new, more general (and therefore better) ones.

Are you retarded. There's now "law" that that stuff melts when hot and freezes when cold. It's just how most thing happen to be. Chemical 'laws' are much more complicated then that. Who modded this up, anyway.