• Question: Have you ever used liqud nitrogen

    Asked by HARAMBE to Duncan on 7 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Duncan McNicholl

      Duncan McNicholl answered on 7 Nov 2017:


      I have: I used it in a cold trap when I was working with chemicals under low pressure. I remember the instructor telling us to watch out for a blue liquid forming in the cold trap, because that would be liquid oxygen, and if we made that by mistake then we’d have an explosion, and not the fun kind.

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