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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by dbcurtis on Sunday August 18, 2019 @10:05PM (#20734339)
> 1. I’ve seen people overclock using liquid nitrogen

Heck, when I was at Intel we used to do that in the lab. A copper cup full of liquid N is a great heat sink!

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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by 00jimbo on Monday August 19, 2019 @08:04AM (#20736994)
> used to do that in the lab

And tradeshows; it’s always kind of fun to see in an absurd way.

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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by vernie on Monday August 19, 2019 @12:01AM (#20734789)
How often did you have to top it off?
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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by dbcurtis on Monday August 19, 2019 @01:46AM (#20735199)
It only got used for short experiments. More of just one-shot use.
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