Erasto B. Mpemba

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Erasto Bartholomeo Mpemba (* 1950 ) is a Tanzanian scientist who rediscovered the Mpemba effect , named after him, while still at school , a paradoxical phenomenon in which hot water freezes faster than cold water under certain conditions. In 1963 he discovered the phenomenon in the preparation of ice cream . The correctness of his observations has been proven experimentally.

During his studies at the College of African Wildlife Management near Moshi , he published a treatise on the phenomenon together with Denis G. Osborne in 1969. He later worked in the Department of Natural Resources and Tourism in the Wildlife Division. Today he is retired.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monwhea Jeng: Can hot water freeze faster than cold water? . University of California . November 1998. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  2. ↑ Erasto B. Mpemba, Denis G. Osborne: Cool? . In: Institute of Physics (Ed.): Physics Education . 4, 1969, pp. 172-175. doi : 10.1088 / 0031-9120 / 4/3/312 . republished as Erasto B Mpemba, DG Osborne: The Mpemba effect . In: Institute of Physics (Ed.): Physics Education . 14, 1979, pp. 410-412. doi : 10.1088 / 0031-9120 / 14/7/312 .
  3. ↑ TEDxDar Speaker Erasto B. Mpemba. tedxdar.tumblr.com, 2011, archived from the original on October 26, 2014 ; Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Mpemba, Erasto B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mpemba, Erasto Barthlomeo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tanzanian scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1950