Eli5: Why is that water doesn’t evaporate immediately on a very hot surface?

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Eli5: Why is that water doesn’t evaporate immediately on a very hot surface?

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It takes time for the heat to transfer into the water. The water droplets also heat up bottom first (since that’s where they touch the hot thing) and it can result in a thin heat insulating layer of steam that the water can coast around on.

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