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Don't try this at home!!! (Read 322 times)

Aug 31^st, 2010 at 9:47am

expat Offline
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Sticking your hand into liquid nitrogen Shocked

Even with the science behind it, I think I will give this one a miss!

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Reply #1 - Aug 31^st, 2010 at 9:57am

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Similar works for boiling lead, though being hotter can make that one safer to pull off.

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Reply #2 - Sep 1^st, 2010 at 10:11pm

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I would do it.
The leidenfrost effect will protect your hand.
The same principal as when you put water on a hot skillet to test how hot it is.

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Reply #3 - Sep 1^st, 2010 at 10:22pm

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I have great faith in science. Therefore, I have no need to try it for myself. Roll Eyes

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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