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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by ianai on Monday August 19, 2019 @12:53AM (#20734984)
Fill balloons instead of using helium? Otherwise, any cooking solution that’s reasonably safe would be a good use.
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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by adrianN on Monday August 19, 2019 @01:44AM (#20735181)
It's hard to fill balloons with liquid nitrogen since it freezes them solid.
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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by kzrdude on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:18AM (#20735331)
Good point, why don't we see nitrogen (gas) filled balloons?
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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by londons_explore on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:43AM (#20735729)
They are barely bouyant - helium works much better
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Re:Homemade Liquid Nitrogen with the Joule-Thompson Effect by ianai on Thursday August 22, 2019 @05:44PM (#20772667)
I wonder if a mixture would help reduce how much He is needed. Like they’ll be less dramatic but still float.
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