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Mpemba Sector
Mpemba is an African name that may refer to *Mpemba Kasi, a 14th Bantu kingdom in the Kingdom of Kongo *Erasto B. Mpemba Erasto Bartholomeo Mpemba (1950–2023) was a Tanzanian game warden who, as a schoolboy, discovered the eponymously named Mpemba effect, a paradoxical phenomenon in which hot water freezes faster than cold water under certain conditions; this e ... (born 1950), Tanzanian game warden who discovered the Mpemba effect in water * Parisel Mpemba (born 1978), team handball player from the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpemba Kasi
Mpemba Kasi is the traditional name of a large Bantu kingdom to the south of the Mbata Kingdom, until merging with that state to form the Kingdom of Kongo around 1375 AD. Kasi is described as a very large territory, but not as powerful. Its last ruler, according to oral tradition, was named Nimi a Nzima. References {{africa-hist-stub Kingdom of Kongo Former countries in Africa States and territories disestablished in 1375 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erasto B
Erasto is a given name common in Tanzania, Mexico and the Caribbean. Notable people with the name include: * Atiba Erasto Harris, Kittitian football administrator and former professional footballer. * Erasto Andrew Mbwana Mang'enya, Tanzanian diplomat * Erasto B. Mpemba, Tanzanian game warden * Erasto Cortés Juárez, Mexican artist * Erasto Nyoni Erasto Edward Nyoni is a Tanzanian association football, footballer who plays for the Tanzanian club Simba S.C. and the Tanzania national football team, Tanzania national team International career Nyoni represents Tanzania national football team, ..., Tanzanian footballer * Erasto Sampson, sprinter * Martín Erastos Torrijos, 35th president of Panama * Raúl Erasto Gutiérrez, Mexican professional football manager and former player {{surname Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpemba Effect
The Mpemba effect is the name given to the observation that a liquid (typically water) which is initially hot can freeze faster than the same liquid which begins cold, under otherwise similar conditions. There is disagreement about its theoretical basis and the parameters required to produce the effect. The Mpemba effect is named after Tanzanian schoolboy Erasto Bartholomeo Mpemba (1950–2020) whose story of it in 1963 became highly popularized. The discovery and noted observations of it, however, originate in ancient times, having been said by Aristotle to be common knowledge. Definition The phenomenon, when taken to mean "hot water freezes faster than cold", is difficult to reproduce or confirm because this statement is ill-defined. Monwhea Jeng has proposed a more precise wording: "There exists a set of initial parameters, and a pair of temperatures, such that given two bodies of water identical in these parameters, and differing only in initial uniform temperatures, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |