Mt. Dew & liquid from canned air

I did this at my desk at work. When you turn a can of compressed air upside down and spray it, what comes out is freezing cold. If you barely squeeze the trigger on the can the liquid comes out and can be collected.

I collected it in this empty carmex container until it was almost full. You can use any liquid, but I used mt dew (you can use any soda). Pour it into the liquid from the canned air and it will flash-freeze. The carbonation in the soda makes the reaction a little more violent.

I also found that if you use boiling water it will be even more violent. I blew the bottom out of a foam cup by putting about an inch of water from our coffee pot into it, and then pouring in the liquid from the canned air. The reaction from flash freezing boiling water created enough force to blow out the bottom of the cup. Fun stuff :D.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• canned
• air
• freeze
• mt
• dew

[USMCxFirefly]

Please tell your subscribers, if you eat the ice you could die. -Also no inhaling it.

[spidertech1]

@USMCxFirefly if I have to tell them that so they don't do it, maybe they should. If someone is that stupid to do either, the world would be a better place without them.

[TIGERMDOTNET]

THUMBS UP! =D

SUPER COOL experiment and even cooler [literally!] liquid reaction! =D

To think... well! This is WHY people say DO NOT spray the "liquid gas" [called 134a according to bigmac1000 =3] into your computer or keyboard while cleaning! Gotta hold the can upright so JUST air comes out... cause this liquid can eat through plastic and freeze computer parts indefinitely o.o

It seems that one person disliked this video because it reminded them of this ^^;

Forever In Love,

-DJ, TIGER M

[spidertech1]

@TIGERMDOTNET It's a refrigerant called Difluoroethane. It's listed on the side of the can. Two things about your comment: 1) I have NEVER seen it eat through ANY kind of plastic. The nozzle on the can is plastic as well as the tube that comes with the can. You wouldn't be able to use this stuff if it did that. 2) I'm in IT and I can tell you that it will not "freeze computer parts indefinitely." It starts to evaporate the moment it's expelled from the can.

[spidertech1]

@TIGERMDOTNET It's still not a good idea to spray the refrigerant inside a computer though. If it's on and the parts are warmed up, the rapid cooling could cause physical distortion in the parts which COULD damage them. It's just like what would happen if you heat up a glass bottle and then dip it in water. It would instantly shatter and possibly explode. The same would happen if you put the bottle in the freezer and then dipped it in hot water.

[MIORIGAMI]

no idea why you'd do this, but WOW! ...Gotta say, what would happen if you throw in pop rocks???

[spidertech1]

@MIORIGAMI Well I get bored at work and we have a LOT of canned air. I think I'll try the pop rocks. Sounds like it would have an interesting affect on them. That or completely no reaction. Either way it's worth a try.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

interesting experiment :)

You little scientist you ;D

[USMCxFirefly]

@spidertech1 ha! i was so high when i wrote that!

[TIGERMDOTNET]

@spidertech1 Thank you very very much honestly and sincerely for taking the time to explain. =)

According to the NOC tutorial it isn't an "instant" kinda thing that will be seen, but can happen over time if you put the liquid on electronic parts inside of a computer. I haven't seen it or experienced it personally [thank Authors o.o] so I really unno ^^;

View: "NOC Episode How To Use Canned Air" right here on YouTube if you get the time to and let me know what you think spidertech1 =)

-DJ, TM

[TIGERMDOTNET]

@spidertech1 =O Thanks for the feedback my friend. =) < 3 =D

I honestly know very little about this and I watched the NOC tutorial after putting in "How to use canned air" and saw all kinds of things from a dent being pulled out of a car [O.O Interesting stuff! O.O] using a blow dryer and canned air and one friend saying "don't used canned air [over to the left actually =3] and then learned about the Anti-static vac too! =D

I am having a BLAST learning al of this! =D

-DJ, TIGER M

[MIORIGAMI]

@spidertech1 post it if something happens! :-)