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Liquid Nitrogen Experiments: The Carnation

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Uploaded by on Sep 2, 2008

What happens when a nice, fresh carnation is plunged into a container full of liquid nitrogen? [Closed Captioned]

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  • If you froze lettuce would you be able to eat it straight away or would it have to be warmed?

  • @flowercowable Bets to let it warm. The problem with frozen water is that you only have an upper bound on it's temperature - it's at least freezing. It could be much colder. If it's near the freezing point, it's not a big deal. If it happens to be much colder, that'll cause problems. Since you really can't tell how far below freezing it is by looking, it's best not to try eating it.

  • Steve, you didn't know the Leidenfrost effect.

    Your hand will feel ice cold but it's not freezing.

  • @music47jazz The Leidenfrost effect will only protect you for a very, very short amount of time. Rest assured, if Steve had stuck his hand in the liquid nitrogen, it would very quickly have begun to freeze.

  • I'm Steve, and this is my favorite carnation!

  • @1c3f1r3741 It was.

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  • Go ahead, stick your hand in.

    Google the Leidenfrost effect.

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  • What is it with freezing Steve's favorite stuff?

    First the rubber thingy that I forgot the name of, then the carnation? Y u so mean to Steve?

  • yea jefferson lab this was the vid i was talkin bout. steve: well atlease my flowers ok! joanna: *crushes steves flower* steve: *trying to put flower back together* i guess i gotta get a new flower...

  • I mean can you guys do an experiment testing the liedenfrost effect?? Put your hand in basically

  • @Bottledcan v=gjsMV1MglA4

  • Wow... AWESOME.

  • And this is why amateurs should never play with liquified gases. :oD

  • i wanna break my hand off.

  • Poor Steve , mean Joanna… funny and educational video

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