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Liquid Nitrogen Experiments: The Balloon

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Uploaded by on Sep 2, 2008

What happens when a balloon full of air is plunged into a container full of liquid nitrogen? Yet more fun with liquid nitrogen! [Closed Captioned]

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  • Water is liquid at room temp. Nitrogen liquefies at -197.15°C. Helium liquefies at -272.65°C. The lower the atomic mass of the element or compound ( gas or liquid at room temp. ) the lower the temperature must be to liquidate it. Does this mean that Hydrogen must be extremely cold to liquidate or can't liquidate at all?

  • @superfrenchfrys Hydrogen does need to be cooled in order to change to a liquid, but not as much as liquid helium.

  • I saw a photo once that showed (whole) liquid air; it was blue. =^.^=

  • @VulpesFidelis Actually, liquid oxygen is blue. You don't get the blue color if you just condense air.

  • Is it safe to drink the liquid air?

  • @taterskins Nope. It's far too cold.

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  • Lol i like how i just randomly think "what would happen if a balloon were to be frozen?" before going to sleep hahaha xD night :)

  • Nice vid. Liked.

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  • @superfrenchfrys That's an over simplification, it depends on the intra-molecular forces of the substance. Beryllium has an extremely high boiling point (5000 C) even though it's atomic mass is less then most constituents of air.

  • Subscribed. Love these videos!

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  • @fabjonjon you can light it on fire there is so oxygen it is displaced by the nitrogen

  • grade 9 science, hahahaha fun times.

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