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 Posted 04/10/2011  12:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OneBowl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Try it on Toonies and Loonies instead, or as well.
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 Posted 04/10/2011  2:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Dry ice (CO2) in a tin can urinal? Now that IS funny!

Why?

Dry ice is around -150°F. It turns directly from a solid to a gas when warmed. Urine is 98.6°F, immediately creating huge quantities of gas.

Get some dry ice. Take half a pound and hammer it into pieces that will go into a 2 liter bottle (take care in handling as it will quickly give you frostbite). Add a cup of water, simply to speed up conversion to gas. Put the cap on tightly and get away from it. Do not go near it, because it will explode, usually in a minute or so. The more it stretches the plastic, the bigger the boom. We tossed one into a beat-up kitchen trash can. It ripped it up pretty bad, the cap and part of the bottle (so hard you couldn't bend it) went over a three-story building and 45' away.

LOX needs handled with care. One day, they blacktopped a parking lot, covering everything from dirt to gravel to cement. When they finished, a guy pulled up with LOX.

He asked if they remembered one area that was concrete, then told them they'd have to remove the blacktop from that area. Seems that when LOX hits blacktop, it catches fire on contact, no source of ignition needed.
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 Posted 04/10/2011  7:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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If I froze a cent or a quarter with liquid nitrogen would I be able to break it in half like a potato chip?

Not meaning to be a stickler for details but exactly what date coins are your referring to? Worn or new? Covered with dirt or clean? Break in half with your hands? Using a metalic tong or plastic? Exactly in half or almost in half? Have you ever been able to break a potato chip in exacly half?
And note most replys are for metals in general, not your specific coins which you must relly clarify their age, type and condition.
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 Posted 04/10/2011  7:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Biggfred - You are right )ou cannot mix LOX with any petroleum product! All oxygen LOX, Bottled or even from a concentrator can be volitale when mixed with any petroleum product. Even Vaseline!
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 Posted 04/11/2011  05:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Some elements form allotropes at different temperatures.
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 Posted 04/11/2011  08:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
eric273. This is sort of what happens a lot here. Kind of the old story of someone asking what time it is and you end up with someone telling you how watches were invented.
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 Posted 04/11/2011  6:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add carmykle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
100% oxygen and any petroleum product do not play well together. As any aviator that used a petroleum based lip balm and then donned his (or her) oxygen mask can tell you. Too bad we ASOs couldn't convince a lot of Sergeant Majors that required SF guys to camo up and do HALO.

I'd really like to see some stats on metals and extreme temps. Crews that flew on polar missions during winter were concerned that aircraft parts would brittle and fail if actuated after being "cold soaked".
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