MIT Physics Demo -- Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen

This demonstrates the ideal gas law (PV=nRT) which states that a drop in temperature with fixed mass and external pressure will result in a smaller volume, and vice versa.

See the original video and more on MIT TechTV here - http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/1712-balloons-in-liquid-nitrogen

Category:

Education

Tags:

• mittechtv
• mit
• physics
• demo
• demonstration
• balloon
• chemistry
• pressure
• are
• cold
• liquid
• nitrogen
• shrink
• expand
• animals

[gavaaaan]

Pretty cool (pun intended!).

Funny how the set falls apart halfway through!

[BIueFlame]

Anybody else think the "swan" looked more like a snake?

[TrickyOne3]

@missdancergirl19 I'm a member of P.E.T.A. People eating tasty animals. :)

[jasperpinkful1]

Crap. I'm on the intelligent side of "Youtu...Actually this isn't half bad.

[Szederp]

The swan is ..... how to put it...mildly ...ah, nevermind.

[PCDrinkable]

That was a swan?



[WhiskasIII]

Giraffe, wiener dog, puddle, paynis

[LucasRana96]

HAHA FAIL >:)

[missdancergirl19]

@mazeltov11 what is peda? b/c peta is the animal safety one.....

[nharrison315]

this is how mary poppins fit everything in her bag

[RicoshetSC]

would have been hilarious if he pulled out a shoe like in happy gilmore

[AZIlluminati08]

zzzzzzz i hope this guy flunked