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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

Impacts of heated spheres onto 60 °C water at V₀ = 1.2 m/s for (a) T_s = 400 °C at time t = 6.6, 28.8, 50.6, and 81.6 ms after impact, and (b) T_s = 500 °C at time t = 6.6, 28.8, 50.6, and 81.6 ms after impact.