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August 25, 2015 08:56 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/99zpCSKTQZE/why-does-coconut-oil-solidify.html
Why does coconut oil solidify into a hexagonal pattern
"This coconut oil melted during a heat wave and later re-solidified. Why did it form this honeycomb structure?" asked pensive badger on the askscience subreddit. Many answers have been given, using science-y words like "Voronoi diagram," "dissipative structure," "Bnard cells," "Rayleigh number," and "crystal nucleation." What is the answer?
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