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Cavity formation during water entry of heated spheres**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11672094).

Li Jia-Chuan, Wei Ying-Jie^†, Wang Cong, Xia Wei-Xue

Dual cavities formed during the impacts for (a) T_w = 30 °C, T_s = 260 °C, and V₀ = 1.2 m/s, (b) T_w = 30 °C, T_s = 280 °C, and V₀ = 2.5 m/s, and (c) T_w = 95 °C, T_s = 350 °C, and V₀ = 4.5 m/s.