@SpeidelGaming For us, liquid nitrogen costs about $1 a gallon. But, we do buy relatively large volumes of it (about 6,000 gallons a day). I am not aware of any license that's required for purchasing small amounts of nitrogen, although it would be wise to have the appropriate training and equipment needed to safely handle it.
@KnifeLikeAMexican Making videos isn't our primary job. We do it when we have time. Unfortunately, there hasn't been time lately. More are coming! It'll just take a while.
hi jeferson lab? I wanna ask you a question and I hope you reply, Does liquid nitrogyn turn to gas when you dump it? or does it just not get anything wet? oh and here's a idea: dunk some roses in liquid nitrogyn and see what hallens
@IceFireHeartlove Yes, liquid nitrogen turns to a gas when we dump it out. It boils at 77 Kelvin and the room is about 300 Kelvin. It's way, way too hot for the nitrogen to stay as a liquid.
@JeffersonLab I am curious, can you guys make a video, or give links to what "Kelvin" is? I am very interested in this, but most sites go way too much into detail for the common person lol
@BaldurdashWoW Kelvin is an absolute temperature scale with its zero point set to absolute zero. The degree 'steps' are the same size as the Celsius scale. The only functional difference between the Kelvin scale and the Celsius scale is where zero is.
Since Kelvin is an absolute scale, you don't say 'degrees' when using it. You'll note that I said '77 Kelvin' and not '77˚ Kelvin.' Properly, I think you're suppose to use the plural 'Kelvins' for anything other than 1. I'm just not that proper...
@JeffersonLab Sweet. I would love to learn all of this again, as I am not in school, and have not been for a long time, so where should one start to get the basics and work their way up into the harder stuff?
Although I do like the experiments, I however would not have used US currency. Such destruction of the currency is a violation of law. Although not followed, it is still not a good idea. Great experiment though.
@BaldurdashWoW It is not a violation of U.S. law. Read the relevant Federal Code we've conveniently referenced in the video description and elsewhere within the comments. What's illegal is -fraudulently- altering the coins. Try to alter a penny so you can pass it off as a dime? That's fraud and illegal. Smash a penny in one of those amusement park souvenir machines? Not fraud and not illegal. Smash pennies with a hammer and calling them smashed pennies? Not fraud and not illegal.
@JeffersonLab I sent the comment and forgot that it only applies if you alter it IE writing on it and such. I tried to delete the comment, but never mind that bit haha :) Anywho, I have a habit of spilling things on myself, I am not about to try that trick out anyway haha! All I need is a lap full of cold liquid!
@Nomoreidsleft The short answer is no. For a more detailed answer, please read the Federal Code we've referenced in the video description or one of the dozen or so replies to this same question found within the comments. Do a keyword search for 'illegal' within your browser to more easily find the relevant comments.
@defeatrecon Assuming that you have the training and equipment to safely handle, store and transport liquid nitrogen, try contacting a local welding supply shop.
I knew as soon as I watched this that people were going to be accusing you of a federal crime. If that was the case, everybody that has ever used an elongated coin (penny smashing) machine would need to be arrested. I have heard, "heard" though that it is illegal to melt coins down for their metal value. So you wouldn't be able to turn the solid copper pennies over to a scrap yard for profit. But then again, eagle coins are sold for far more than their face value.
If those are real pennies (British sterling) then, at least in Britain, what your doing is illegal as you are defacing the queen, just like if you draw with a markerpen on her face, you can go to jail, its stupid
@dmillet09 They are real pennies. Real U.S. pennies. Laws governing British subjects haven't applied to us since Cornwallis ran into that bit of trouble in Yorktown back in 1781.
@dsw0623 What you quote isn't what you reference. Section 332 refers to alteration of gold and silver coins, clearly not applicable to zinc or copper coins. What you actually quote is Section 333, which deals with the mutilation of national bank obligations. Paper money. Clearly, also not applicable to zinc or copper coins. Give Section 331, "Mutilation, diminution, and falsification of coins," a read, paying careful attention to the word 'fraudulently.'
@Relaxantify The short answer is no. For a more detailed answer, please read the Federal Code we've referenced in the video description or one of the dozen or so replies to this same question found within the comments. Do a keyword search for 'illegal' within your browser to more easily find the relevant comments.
@MrOoglebog Technically, cotton and other fibrous materials are frozen since they are solids. If you mean "Will they shatter when they are made colder?" not generally.
If that was the case, every amusement park would be fined/shut down... Do you remember those penny stamp machines where you cranked a lever in a circle and it gets pressed into a different shape??
@zayzay1001 When you drop the indefinite article, it makes it a little difficult to understand. That said, I'm not really sure what would happen if one were to put an evergreen into liquid nitrogen. The needles are a lot more sturdy than something like a maple leaf. Don't know...
@smallieball3 Do you know that it's not? Read the Federal Code we've referenced in the video description. The crime is --FRAUDULENTLY-- altering coins. There's no fraud going on here. We're not trying to pass the pennies off as quarters.
Ever see one of those souvenir machines that squashes a penny for you? Ever see federal agents swoop down on the people using those? Nope. Know why? It isn't illegal.
@JeffersonLab ooohh what! what!... lol anyways, is steel that brittle? if you were to freeze a 1943 steel penny, which is steel coated in zinc, and bang it with a hammer would you only have the steel left and unbroken?
@aggierockhunter I don't know. Some steels can become brittle when cold... If the zinc were electroplated onto the penny, I doubt it would shatter on its own, leaving the bare steel behind. Unfortunately, I have one of these pennies, but it's far too pretty to beat with a hammer.
@ashsbrown1 You mean popped popcorn? I suspect it would act kind of like marshmallows do. You can put those in your mouth when they are cold without getting hurt since it doesn't take a lot of energy to warm them back up. But, they do allow you to make lots of fog come out of your mouth. We might have to try this...
@JeffersonLab according to a resource known as coinflation(dot)com, 20 post-1982 pennies could be made from the face-value of a dime, so they only cost half a penny to produce.
@ARandomJoe in 1974, the mint made about a dozen pennies made from aluminum, these coins were disapproved, and opposed by doctors, and vending machine makers, and one currently resides in the Smithsonian. That was when copper reached a high in its price, and the mint tried to find a cheaper material to mint pennies from. the penny remains as the only one coin whose composition has changed many times, and with the exception of the 1943 steel cent, remain in circulation today.
@zzzslayerzzz Let's assume for a moment that you are serious and not just trolling. You want the taxpayers to pay for, what, a year's worth of prison for two people? To make the math easier for you, let's say that it costs $10 a day for food per person. That's $7,300 for the destruction of 5 pennies. Just for food. For something THAT'S NOT ILLEGAL. Take a few minutes from your busy trolling schedule and READ the relevant Federal code. We've referenced it in the video description for convenience.
I just remembered those little souvenir penny machines that you put a quarter in and it squishes the penny into like a dolphin or something of the sort
The defacement or in your case destruction of United States currency is a federal crime punishable by death... Thats a joke I'm not sure what the sentence is
@saragon123 Apparently, not with liquid nitrogen. Perhaps if it were colder it would become brittle enough to shatter. Also, keep in mind, we aren't freezing the copper. It's frozen at room temperature (it's a solid).
Im pretty sure that it is illeagal to destroy US currancy as it is the proprety of the government and/or mint. Dont know for sure though. Dont really care, they made too much of it anyway..
@MrDrOpal It's not. We've referenced the pertinent Federal Code several times in the comments as well as in the video description itself. For coinage, at least, the issue is with intent to defraud. There's no fraud here. We aren't altering the pennies and trying to pass them off as dimes, for instance. Paper currency is different since those are Federal Reserve notes. They will also pass laws restricting the melting down of coins to recover the base metal. But, for this experiment, we're fine.
@sonicbn I believe it has to do with the bonding energies involved. For a metal to be malleable, the difference in energies between one arrangement of atoms and another arrangement of atoms is small, so it's easy for the material to 'slip' from one arrangement to another. The larger the difference, the more brittle the material is. By cooling the materials, we increase the difference by removing thermal energy.
@phoenixwithin No because it is just paper and metal at the end of the day. The only magic in money is the fear we put onto ourselves if we dont have any. Other than that, it is just glorified toilet paper/scrap metal.
@Nerketur Not sure. It's probably more brittle at liquid nitrogen temperatures than at room temperature, but not so brittle as to break when we hit it with the hammer. Get it closer to absolute zero, and I wouldn't be surprised if it could eventually be broken with the hammer.
the chance from copper to zinc did happen in 1982 although there was a few batches of 2 pence coins that were released in 1983 which were still made of copper, coins of copper and 1983 are infact worth more than the coin itself any time after that are all zinc though (:
@iShaneFan The table is made from wood and wood is relatively dry. Happily, dry wood can withstand the temperatures we're exposing it to. If the wood had a lot of moisture in it, that would potentially be a problem, depending on how much nitrogen we expose it to.
@RellyOhBoy The short answer is "No. At least, not in what we are doing." The long answer can be found in multiple places within the comments as well as in the video description.
@RellyOhBoy No, its only a crime to "deface" or alter US currency if you do it with the intent to defraud or cheat someone. If you try to make one denomination of coin or paper money look like another. For example, if you were to take a $5 bill, alter it, and try and pass it off as a $50 bill that would be illegal. Simply shattering pennies or smashing quarters into odd shapes in those roller machines you see does not fall under the category of defrauding or cheating anyone and isn't illegal.
@martha368 The short answer is "No. At least, not in what we are doing." The long answer can be found in multiple places within the comments as well as in the video description.
@necrobutcher No, that's liquid nitrogen. I can tell because I personally drew it from a 6,000 gallon storage tank of liquid nitrogen and the Lab does not buy liquid oxygen. Liquid oxygen simply isn't on-site to get.
@necrobutcher Not sure why it's appearing light blue to you. It's actually clear. We did shoot under fluorescent lights, so maybe that's throwing things off? Maybe the frost that's forming on the clear cup is throwing things off? But, trust me, it's nitrogen.
@Jsexy7 The short answer is "No. At least, not in what we are doing." The long answer can be found in multiple places within the comments as well as in the video description.
@punchingpower We store it in a container called a Dewar. We can't transport it in a car due to asphyxiation concerns, but it can be left in a locked car if necessary. You can't leave it at room temperature without it boiling away, but that's what the Dewar is for. If you don't consume all of the nitrogen, just pour the rest outside. It'll be gone in a few seconds. Just don't pour it on anything you want to keep, like a well kept lawn.
@punchingpower 1. Secured in the back of a pick-up truck.
2. Yes, but the Dewar isn't perfect. The nitrogen is still boiling, although at a reduced rate. Our 10 liter Dewar can keep nitrogen for about 5 days.
3. Maybe. Depends on how much is left in the Dewar and how good the Dewar is.
4. NO! Sealing the liquid in a container eventually causes the container to explode due to over-pressurization. The container must be able to vent the gas that's produced!
WAIT! DOES THE PENNY STILL HAVE A 1 CENT VALUE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
MileyCyrusFANdd 2 days ago in playlist Frostbite Theater
@MileyCyrusFANdd I doubt it. Don't think you'd find someone who would accept it as legal tender.
JeffersonLab 2 days ago
I have a question how much does one gallon of Liquid Nitrogen cost and do you need a license to buy it?
SpeidelGaming 3 days ago
@SpeidelGaming For us, liquid nitrogen costs about $1 a gallon. But, we do buy relatively large volumes of it (about 6,000 gallons a day). I am not aware of any license that's required for purchasing small amounts of nitrogen, although it would be wise to have the appropriate training and equipment needed to safely handle it.
JeffersonLab 2 days ago
Here's a question. Why don't you guys post as much videos now?
KnifeLikeAMexican 3 days ago
@KnifeLikeAMexican Making videos isn't our primary job. We do it when we have time. Unfortunately, there hasn't been time lately. More are coming! It'll just take a while.
JeffersonLab 3 days ago
hi jeferson lab? I wanna ask you a question and I hope you reply, Does liquid nitrogyn turn to gas when you dump it? or does it just not get anything wet? oh and here's a idea: dunk some roses in liquid nitrogyn and see what hallens
IceFireHeartlove 4 days ago
@IceFireHeartlove Yes, liquid nitrogen turns to a gas when we dump it out. It boils at 77 Kelvin and the room is about 300 Kelvin. It's way, way too hot for the nitrogen to stay as a liquid.
JeffersonLab 3 days ago
@JeffersonLab I am curious, can you guys make a video, or give links to what "Kelvin" is? I am very interested in this, but most sites go way too much into detail for the common person lol
BaldurdashWoW 3 days ago
@BaldurdashWoW Kelvin is an absolute temperature scale with its zero point set to absolute zero. The degree 'steps' are the same size as the Celsius scale. The only functional difference between the Kelvin scale and the Celsius scale is where zero is.
Since Kelvin is an absolute scale, you don't say 'degrees' when using it. You'll note that I said '77 Kelvin' and not '77˚ Kelvin.' Properly, I think you're suppose to use the plural 'Kelvins' for anything other than 1. I'm just not that proper...
JeffersonLab 3 days ago
@JeffersonLab Sweet. I would love to learn all of this again, as I am not in school, and have not been for a long time, so where should one start to get the basics and work their way up into the harder stuff?
BaldurdashWoW 3 days ago
@BaldurdashWoW Try watching some of the free lectures available on YouTube and iTunes.
JeffersonLab 2 days ago
@JeffersonLab thanks! ill remember that,
IceFireHeartlove 3 days ago
Never mind, that only applies to writing on it.
BaldurdashWoW 1 week ago
Although I do like the experiments, I however would not have used US currency. Such destruction of the currency is a violation of law. Although not followed, it is still not a good idea. Great experiment though.
BaldurdashWoW 1 week ago
@BaldurdashWoW It is not a violation of U.S. law. Read the relevant Federal Code we've conveniently referenced in the video description and elsewhere within the comments. What's illegal is -fraudulently- altering the coins. Try to alter a penny so you can pass it off as a dime? That's fraud and illegal. Smash a penny in one of those amusement park souvenir machines? Not fraud and not illegal. Smash pennies with a hammer and calling them smashed pennies? Not fraud and not illegal.
JeffersonLab 1 week ago 5
@JeffersonLab I sent the comment and forgot that it only applies if you alter it IE writing on it and such. I tried to delete the comment, but never mind that bit haha :) Anywho, I have a habit of spilling things on myself, I am not about to try that trick out anyway haha! All I need is a lap full of cold liquid!
BaldurdashWoW 1 week ago
Can u send me some liquid nitro
TheAgent3000 1 week ago
@TheAgent3000 Nope.
JeffersonLab 1 week ago
if you stuck your hand in there wouldn't the leidenfrost effect prevent you from freezing momentarily?
186253m 1 week ago
@186253m Yes, with 'momentarily' being the key word.
JeffersonLab 1 week ago
@JeffersonLab How and where could you get some liquid nitrogen ?
seanflannes 1 week ago
@seanflannes How and where could I get some? By bringing my transfer Dewar to the Test Lab fill station and filling it.
JeffersonLab 1 week ago
the just made the dollar 5 cents stronger
The2Wiredproductions 2 weeks ago
Isn't it illegal to deface or destroy US currency?
Nomoreidsleft 2 weeks ago 5
@Nomoreidsleft The short answer is no. For a more detailed answer, please read the Federal Code we've referenced in the video description or one of the dozen or so replies to this same question found within the comments. Do a keyword search for 'illegal' within your browser to more easily find the relevant comments.
JeffersonLab 2 weeks ago 4
wastin money
SuperJJBOYS 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from JeffersonLab
@SuperJJBOYS Yep, 5 cents...
JeffersonLab 2 weeks ago 3
@JeffersonLab hahaha
DjWreckless1995 1 week ago
No. No one would do that. That being said I learned something new and interesting. I didn't know new pennies were zinc.
DomR1997 3 weeks ago
I want liquid nitrogen were do I get it
defeatrecon 3 weeks ago
@defeatrecon Assuming that you have the training and equipment to safely handle, store and transport liquid nitrogen, try contacting a local welding supply shop.
JeffersonLab 3 weeks ago
That's 2 cents of money you wasted!!!
xD
freefungamesforu 3 weeks ago
can you guys try this experiment again with other coins or dollar bills?
oessme13 3 weeks ago
@oessme13 It won't work on other coins since they have copper cores. It doesn't do too much with paper money, either.
JeffersonLab 3 weeks ago
I knew as soon as I watched this that people were going to be accusing you of a federal crime. If that was the case, everybody that has ever used an elongated coin (penny smashing) machine would need to be arrested. I have heard, "heard" though that it is illegal to melt coins down for their metal value. So you wouldn't be able to turn the solid copper pennies over to a scrap yard for profit. But then again, eagle coins are sold for far more than their face value.
fall22123 3 weeks ago in playlist Frostbite Theater
@fall22123 The legality of melting down coins varies over time. Currently, I believe we are in an 'illegal' period.
JeffersonLab 3 weeks ago
@JeffersonLab not like anyone would be able to tell if the copper ingot was melted from pennies
mechanoid2k 3 weeks ago
@mechanoid2k Just make sure you melt them completely... "Why does this ingot have a bunch of little Lincoln profiles on it?"
JeffersonLab 3 weeks ago
If those are real pennies (British sterling) then, at least in Britain, what your doing is illegal as you are defacing the queen, just like if you draw with a markerpen on her face, you can go to jail, its stupid
dmillet09 4 weeks ago
@dmillet09 They are real pennies. Real U.S. pennies. Laws governing British subjects haven't applied to us since Cornwallis ran into that bit of trouble in Yorktown back in 1781.
JeffersonLab 4 weeks ago 4
@JeffersonLab Zinggggggg
TheJordandicaprio 3 weeks ago in playlist Frostbite Theater
U.S. Code > Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 17 > § 332 - Debasement of coins Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or
unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank
bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national
banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal
Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note,
or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued,
dsw0623 4 weeks ago
@dsw0623 What you quote isn't what you reference. Section 332 refers to alteration of gold and silver coins, clearly not applicable to zinc or copper coins. What you actually quote is Section 333, which deals with the mutilation of national bank obligations. Paper money. Clearly, also not applicable to zinc or copper coins. Give Section 331, "Mutilation, diminution, and falsification of coins," a read, paying careful attention to the word 'fraudulently.'
JeffersonLab 4 weeks ago 3
does every episode include liquid nytrogin?
hairykitty12 4 weeks ago
@hairykitty12 Only the ones that do. The ones that don't, don't.
JeffersonLab 4 weeks ago 2
isnt it illegal destroying currency?
Relaxantify 4 weeks ago
@Relaxantify The short answer is no. For a more detailed answer, please read the Federal Code we've referenced in the video description or one of the dozen or so replies to this same question found within the comments. Do a keyword search for 'illegal' within your browser to more easily find the relevant comments.
JeffersonLab 4 weeks ago
can liquid nitrogen freeze cotton or other soft material like what they put in stuffed animals?
MrOoglebog 1 month ago
@MrOoglebog Technically, cotton and other fibrous materials are frozen since they are solids. If you mean "Will they shatter when they are made colder?" not generally.
JeffersonLab 4 weeks ago
People! Why don't you read the description before you post a comm- OH MY GOSH, LIQUID NITROGEN GETS MICROWAVED *click*
XPrime1000 1 month ago
Destroying money is a crime if it's over 25 cents
robertjamieson421 1 month ago
@robertjamieson421 No, it's not. Again, read the Federal Code we've referenced in the video's description for the law in question.
JeffersonLab 1 month ago
Mili Cents :DD
MrKylelopez 1 month ago
Talk about wasting money...
MrHammyLOL 1 month ago
@MrHammyLOL Yep. 5 cents...
JeffersonLab 1 month ago 15
be a good way to get rid of bodies
MooseBaker 1 month ago
@MooseBaker Turn them into pennies and then shatter them? Doubtful if people contain enough zinc to pull that off...
JeffersonLab 1 month ago 3
@JeffersonLab No, freeze and then shatter the bodies.
MooseBaker 1 month ago
@MooseBaker Either way, I'm not cleaning it up...
JeffersonLab 1 month ago 2
Shattering that penny u just made the value of the penny go up yes
chahalele 1 month ago
Ohh how i love your vids
omipe3 1 month ago
destroying money isn't a crime in the us?
levilisko 1 month ago
@levilisko Read the Federal Code we referenced in the video description, paying careful attention to the word 'fraudulent.'
JeffersonLab 1 month ago 5
@levilisko
If that was the case, every amusement park would be fined/shut down... Do you remember those penny stamp machines where you cranked a lever in a circle and it gets pressed into a different shape??
AngryLlamaAttack 1 month ago
i think Joeana is stronger then Steve and trikier
TheXXsloXX 1 month ago in playlist Več videoposnetkov uporabnika JeffersonLab
@JeffersonLab evergreen normally refers to trees that retain their foliage (needle)
zayzay1001 1 month ago
@zayzay1001 When you drop the indefinite article, it makes it a little difficult to understand. That said, I'm not really sure what would happen if one were to put an evergreen into liquid nitrogen. The needles are a lot more sturdy than something like a maple leaf. Don't know...
JeffersonLab 1 month ago
What would happen if you tried to freeze evergreen with liquid nitrogen
zayzay1001 1 month ago
@zayzay1001 What's evergreen?
JeffersonLab 1 month ago
How could you destroy all that money? I could've bought a... a... stretched out penny souvenir from OMSI!
Anthonymon177 1 month ago
waste of liquid nitrogen and money. Wanna donate to my high school?
Ramon87evans 1 month ago
@Ramon87evans 5 cents in pennies and 10 cents worth of nitrogen. It'll cost more in postage to send a donation in that amount to your school.
JeffersonLab 1 month ago 7
Do the same thing with euro's for the european watchers!!
paultjuhuh 1 month ago
So that's what a penny looks on the inside
videoman5747 1 month ago
Do you guys know this is a felony?
smallieball3 1 month ago
@smallieball3 Do you know that it's not? Read the Federal Code we've referenced in the video description. The crime is --FRAUDULENTLY-- altering coins. There's no fraud going on here. We're not trying to pass the pennies off as quarters.
Ever see one of those souvenir machines that squashes a penny for you? Ever see federal agents swoop down on the people using those? Nope. Know why? It isn't illegal.
JeffersonLab 1 month ago 20
@JeffersonLab ooohh what! what!... lol anyways, is steel that brittle? if you were to freeze a 1943 steel penny, which is steel coated in zinc, and bang it with a hammer would you only have the steel left and unbroken?
aggierockhunter 1 month ago
@aggierockhunter I don't know. Some steels can become brittle when cold... If the zinc were electroplated onto the penny, I doubt it would shatter on its own, leaving the bare steel behind. Unfortunately, I have one of these pennies, but it's far too pretty to beat with a hammer.
JeffersonLab 1 month ago
@JeffersonLab you mad bro? :P
welcometosnellcast 1 month ago
what happens when u put the liquid nitrogen on the floor?
rebalninjaa 1 month ago
@rebalninjaa The liquid nitrogen quickly boils and changes into a gas. Watch our 'Instant Liquid Nitrogen Balloon Party!' video to see this.
JeffersonLab 1 month ago
Does this mean our government really has literally NO money? Otherwise why is our 'new' money so easily shattered?
lisa850331 2 months ago
holy crap that was awesome
mermaidsrockmyworld 2 months ago
>:D go you guys! Showing the trolls whos boss :)
And this is really cool :) what if you froze popcorn?
ashsbrown1 2 months ago
@ashsbrown1 You mean popped popcorn? I suspect it would act kind of like marshmallows do. You can put those in your mouth when they are cold without getting hurt since it doesn't take a lot of energy to warm them back up. But, they do allow you to make lots of fog come out of your mouth. We might have to try this...
JeffersonLab 2 months ago
@JeffersonLab You should! Would they still be edible afterwards? (I doubt it, but I had to ask)
ashsbrown1 2 months ago
@ashsbrown1 Yes, it should still be edible.
JeffersonLab 2 months ago
but i mix the pennys with the nitrogen
TheMowmow1 2 months ago
Wow, I actually learned something.
firestaradam 2 months ago
Put liquid nitrogen in uggs or Osiris nyc83s
TheBansheeboy10 2 months ago
Wait, so wouldn't that make newer pennies worth less than 1 cent? Or is the amount of zinc used still worth 1 cent compared to the copper pennies?
ARandomJoe 2 months ago
@ARandomJoe I think, even using zinc, that it costs more than a penny to make a penny.
JeffersonLab 2 months ago
@JeffersonLab I guess that makes "cents" then, lol (sorry for the terrible pun!)
ARandomJoe 2 months ago
@JeffersonLab according to a resource known as coinflation(dot)com, 20 post-1982 pennies could be made from the face-value of a dime, so they only cost half a penny to produce.
Zeldagigafan90210 2 months ago
@ARandomJoe in 1974, the mint made about a dozen pennies made from aluminum, these coins were disapproved, and opposed by doctors, and vending machine makers, and one currently resides in the Smithsonian. That was when copper reached a high in its price, and the mint tried to find a cheaper material to mint pennies from. the penny remains as the only one coin whose composition has changed many times, and with the exception of the 1943 steel cent, remain in circulation today.
Zeldagigafan90210 2 months ago
Is this legal?
coozgamble72 2 months ago
@coozgamble72 Yes.
JeffersonLab 2 months ago
@coozgamble72 No, its defacing money. They can go to jail for this. And should.
zzzslayerzzz 2 months ago
@zzzslayerzzz Let's assume for a moment that you are serious and not just trolling. You want the taxpayers to pay for, what, a year's worth of prison for two people? To make the math easier for you, let's say that it costs $10 a day for food per person. That's $7,300 for the destruction of 5 pennies. Just for food. For something THAT'S NOT ILLEGAL. Take a few minutes from your busy trolling schedule and READ the relevant Federal code. We've referenced it in the video description for convenience.
JeffersonLab 2 months ago
so whats half of a penny lol
Shookiepoo 2 months ago
Youtube commenters: YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!
JeffersonLab: LAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW!
XanaTarantula 2 months ago 2
Well... I'm wrong xD...
I just remembered those little souvenir penny machines that you put a quarter in and it squishes the penny into like a dolphin or something of the sort
AngelCraftNetwork 3 months ago
Did you know that was illegal..
The defacement or in your case destruction of United States currency is a federal crime punishable by death... Thats a joke I'm not sure what the sentence is
But, I won't tell if yuo don't
AngelCraftNetwork 3 months ago
Pennies are going to be phased out.
THEY COST MORE TO PRODUCE THAN THEY'RE WORTH
eggsstink 3 months ago
is there some way to freeze and Shatter the cooper?
saragon123 3 months ago
@saragon123 Apparently, not with liquid nitrogen. Perhaps if it were colder it would become brittle enough to shatter. Also, keep in mind, we aren't freezing the copper. It's frozen at room temperature (it's a solid).
JeffersonLab 3 months ago 5
you broke the law
imatelly 3 months ago in playlist More videos from JeffersonLab
@imatelly No, we didn't. We've referenced the relevant Federal Code many different times within the comments as well as in the video description.
JeffersonLab 3 months ago 8
Anyone else besides me notice those ancient computers in the background?
SuperSkeletonGirl 4 months ago
Im pretty sure that it is illeagal to destroy US currancy as it is the proprety of the government and/or mint. Dont know for sure though. Dont really care, they made too much of it anyway..
MrDrOpal 4 months ago 2
@MrDrOpal It's not. We've referenced the pertinent Federal Code several times in the comments as well as in the video description itself. For coinage, at least, the issue is with intent to defraud. There's no fraud here. We aren't altering the pennies and trying to pass them off as dimes, for instance. Paper currency is different since those are Federal Reserve notes. They will also pass laws restricting the melting down of coins to recover the base metal. But, for this experiment, we're fine.
JeffersonLab 4 months ago 5
@JeffersonLab why is zinc more brittle than copper to where its easily breakable?
sonicbn 2 months ago
@sonicbn I believe it has to do with the bonding energies involved. For a metal to be malleable, the difference in energies between one arrangement of atoms and another arrangement of atoms is small, so it's easy for the material to 'slip' from one arrangement to another. The larger the difference, the more brittle the material is. By cooling the materials, we increase the difference by removing thermal energy.
JeffersonLab 2 months ago
Isn't that the equivelant to burning money? Isn't that illegal?
phoenixwithin 5 months ago
@phoenixwithin No.
JeffersonLab 5 months ago
@JeffersonLab i should think so because ur not alowed to deface the queens head
TheFallenEcho 4 months ago
@TheFallenEcho We kinda declared independence from the king back in 1776. Don't think the rule you are referring to applies to us any longer.
JeffersonLab 4 months ago
@JeffersonLab ohhh i see verry well have some more fun
TheFallenEcho 4 months ago
@TheFallenEcho We shall! We shall indeed!
JeffersonLab 4 months ago
@JeffersonLab okay Good luck
TheFallenEcho 4 months ago
@phoenixwithin No because it is just paper and metal at the end of the day. The only magic in money is the fear we put onto ourselves if we dont have any. Other than that, it is just glorified toilet paper/scrap metal.
johntrevy 5 months ago
As a rebuttal to @wemustdeclare ya'll are awesome!
youngatheart212 5 months ago
That's pretty cool. So, copper doesn't become brittle at cold temperatures? How cold would it have to get for copper to shatter?
Nerketur 5 months ago
@Nerketur Not sure. It's probably more brittle at liquid nitrogen temperatures than at room temperature, but not so brittle as to break when we hit it with the hammer. Get it closer to absolute zero, and I wouldn't be surprised if it could eventually be broken with the hammer.
JeffersonLab 5 months ago
the chance from copper to zinc did happen in 1982 although there was a few batches of 2 pence coins that were released in 1983 which were still made of copper, coins of copper and 1983 are infact worth more than the coin itself any time after that are all zinc though (:
DJKloop 6 months ago
0.O yall arnt normal....
WeMustDeclare 6 months ago
@WeMustDeclare And we wouldn't have it any other way!
JeffersonLab 6 months ago 5
I have one from my parents work
Mrmegasquirrel 6 months ago
THIS CHANGED MY LIFEEE
fusionfaller1 6 months ago 5
@fusionfaller1 Pun intended?
JeffersonLab 6 months ago
I'm only 10 years old, but i'm a fan of chemistry, and i favourited this video. I LOVE CHEMISTRY :] I also subscribed :D
IzehGIR 6 months ago
No one cares about stupid pennies anyway.
pampamproductions 6 months ago
i want a broken penny :(
loyaldeatheater11 6 months ago
@loyaldeatheater11 Just get some liquid nitrogen and a hammer.
JeffersonLab 6 months ago 2
@madv14 It'll protect you for a bit. But, if we were to drink it as MufcATW suggests, 'for a bit' won't do us a whole lot of good.
JeffersonLab 6 months ago
SUBSCRIBING!!!
1rich14 7 months ago
@JeffersonLabs thanks
iShaneFan 7 months ago
@JeffersonLabs Why are you able to pour the liquid nitrogen on the table without damaging it
iShaneFan 7 months ago
@iShaneFan The table is made from wood and wood is relatively dry. Happily, dry wood can withstand the temperatures we're exposing it to. If the wood had a lot of moisture in it, that would potentially be a problem, depending on how much nitrogen we expose it to.
JeffersonLab 7 months ago
In their next expirment:
"Hi, i'm Joana."
"And I'm Steve"
"and this, is a Pit of Lava."
"and THIS, is a cell full of prisoners."
"and just like any NORMAL person would do in this situation, were gonna throw the prisoners in the pit of lava"
iStevens0n 7 months ago 37
@iStevens0n That's actually 3rd on the list.
JeffersonLab 7 months ago 5
@iStevens0n LMAF
legoboyfan2 6 months ago
@iStevens0n lol nice one
GoodrichTires 2 months ago
you just wasted 2 cents...you're lucky you don't live in this house or you would be grounded for a month...
kaiya1969 7 months ago
drink it if you have guts
MufcATW 7 months ago
@MufcATW In situations like this, having brains is more important than having guts.
JeffersonLab 7 months ago 28
A waste of two pennies. Great vid though
animationdominator1 7 months ago
2 pence protested
newcomer9747 8 months ago
Pennies are for chumps haha
Brosiedon17 9 months ago
Isn't it a federal offense to destroy US currency?
RellyOhBoy 9 months ago
@RellyOhBoy The short answer is "No. At least, not in what we are doing." The long answer can be found in multiple places within the comments as well as in the video description.
JeffersonLab 9 months ago
@RellyOhBoy No, its only a crime to "deface" or alter US currency if you do it with the intent to defraud or cheat someone. If you try to make one denomination of coin or paper money look like another. For example, if you were to take a $5 bill, alter it, and try and pass it off as a $50 bill that would be illegal. Simply shattering pennies or smashing quarters into odd shapes in those roller machines you see does not fall under the category of defrauding or cheating anyone and isn't illegal.
Soulrider2012 5 months ago
It's the government's fault for cutting the copper in the pennies to cheap useless zinc.
Berowra290997 9 months ago
Now we know what to do with out old pennis!!!!!!!
UnionElite 10 months ago
lol, isn't that ageinst the law?
martha368 10 months ago
@martha368 The short answer is "No. At least, not in what we are doing." The long answer can be found in multiple places within the comments as well as in the video description.
JeffersonLab 10 months ago
there goes a very small part of the monetary supply
mortumatiidekkt 10 months ago
Don't worry Steve. Now you have more pennies than you did before!
Wartler 10 months ago
That's liquid oxegen not nitrogen you could tell because of it's light blue color.
necrobutcher 10 months ago
@necrobutcher No, that's liquid nitrogen. I can tell because I personally drew it from a 6,000 gallon storage tank of liquid nitrogen and the Lab does not buy liquid oxygen. Liquid oxygen simply isn't on-site to get.
- Steve
JeffersonLab 10 months ago 4
@JeffersonLab Why is it blue then?What did the liquid nitrogen say:"Ahh I'm light blue".Thanks for the advice though
necrobutcher 10 months ago
@necrobutcher Not sure why it's appearing light blue to you. It's actually clear. We did shoot under fluorescent lights, so maybe that's throwing things off? Maybe the frost that's forming on the clear cup is throwing things off? But, trust me, it's nitrogen.
JeffersonLab 10 months ago
This is cool
sirblackops1 10 months ago
I wonder if you can use a half of a penny as legal tender.
Tsla6565 10 months ago
@Tsla6565 Doubtful.
JeffersonLab 10 months ago
@JeffersonLab it has to be at least 3/4
nameloc1000 10 months ago
isnt destroying US currency against the law?
Jsexy7 11 months ago
@Jsexy7 The short answer is "No. At least, not in what we are doing." The long answer can be found in multiple places within the comments as well as in the video description.
JeffersonLab 10 months ago
@JeffersonLab ok just maken shure have you little rasculls!
Jsexy7 10 months ago
You just love freezing (with liquid nitrogen) and shattering things, don't you?
newcoolvid27 11 months ago
@newcoolvid27 Yep!
JeffersonLab 11 months ago
i lol'd after she broke the zinc ones and said these are you pennies
Stringfingerable 11 months ago
How do I store it and where?
Can I leave it inside the car?
Can I leave it on room temperature?
What happens when I didn't consume all of the liquid nitrogen?
please help.
punchingpower 11 months ago
@punchingpower We store it in a container called a Dewar. We can't transport it in a car due to asphyxiation concerns, but it can be left in a locked car if necessary. You can't leave it at room temperature without it boiling away, but that's what the Dewar is for. If you don't consume all of the nitrogen, just pour the rest outside. It'll be gone in a few seconds. Just don't pour it on anything you want to keep, like a well kept lawn.
JeffersonLab 11 months ago
@JeffersonLab
Just a few questions,
I'll buy a dewar first then have it refilled with liquid nitrogen.
1. How do I transport it to my home?
2. I can leave in room temperature, as long as it is inside the dewar, right?
3. If I don't consume all of the contents of the dewar, can I still use it tomorrow?
4. Can I put liquid nitrogen in a thermos with lid on?
5. What makes liquid nitrogen explode?
punchingpower 11 months ago
@punchingpower 1. Secured in the back of a pick-up truck.
2. Yes, but the Dewar isn't perfect. The nitrogen is still boiling, although at a reduced rate. Our 10 liter Dewar can keep nitrogen for about 5 days.
3. Maybe. Depends on how much is left in the Dewar and how good the Dewar is.
4. NO! Sealing the liquid in a container eventually causes the container to explode due to over-pressurization. The container must be able to vent the gas that's produced!
5. Chemically, nothing that I know of.
JeffersonLab 11 months ago