Liquid nitrogen AKA LN2.
An odourless, non-flammable, colorless liquid that creates fog whenever its exposed to room
temperature oxygen.
Its sometimes used to freeze and transport food, its used to preserve sperm and eggs,
make cool foggy cocktails, and it removes unsightly warts.
We’ve all seen videos of people dumping objects into liquid nitrogen, but what would
happen if you fell into into a pool of liquid nitrogen?
That’s the question we’re asking, right now on Life’s Biggest questions.
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Liquid nitrogen has many uses.
It’s the stuff scientists use to cryogenically freeze a dead body in hopes of reanimation.
It can freeze reproductive cells like sperm and ovum so that you might be able to have
children down the line.
Its even used while branding cattle.
So, what if you fell into a pool of liquid nitrogen?
The short answer?
It wouldn’t be pretty.
You would die.
Liquid nitrogen is a cryogenic fluid that can cause rapid freezing on contact with living
tissue.
Its not what you would call a ‘safe substance’, even though it’s commercially available
to the public.
When you have a skin tag or a wart, your dermatologist will apply liquid nitrogen to it to freeze
it off.
But even though its well known that liquid nitrogen is a highly dangerous substance that
should be used with caution, that didn’t stop a group of people from jumping into a
pool of liquid nitrogen back in 2013.
Yes I’m serious, that actually happened.
A resort in mexico poured four large cans, 10 litres, of liquid nitrogen into their hotel
pool, in an effort to impress their guests.
It was a promotional party held by Jagermeister, you know, to make super cool fog.
Problem is, The liquid nitrogen displaced the oxygen from the air above the pool and
created a noxious fog that crept over the pool area and rendered many party guests could
not breathe.
After a group of guests jumped into the pool, several of them fainted, and had to be pulled
out.
one man was in a coma and 8 others were hospitalized.
The good news was, the four cans of liquid nitrogen were added slowly to the pool water.
It boiled off in the water before it made contact with anyone’s skin.
So kids, you should probably think again if you ever become overwhelmed with the desire
to have a foggy liquid nitrogen pool party.
If that many people were hurt by dumping only 4 cans of liquid nitrogen into a pool, imagine
what would happen if the entire pool was filled with the stuff.
Upon first falling into liquid nitrogen, you would experience a freezing sensation all
over your body.
Depending on how quickly you got out of the pool, you might not experience frostbite or
skin damage because of something called the Leidenfrost effect.
A temporary vapour barrier would immediately form that would protect your hand from freezing.
Liquid nitrogen boils at a very low temperature of negative 196 degrees celcius or negative
320 degrees farenheit.
It beads up and creates a layer of vapour when it touches any surface at room temperature.
But if you happened to spend an extended period of time in said pool of liquid nitrogen, you
probably would never get out.
Your body would be completely covered in severe frostbite on the outer layer of your skin.
Then the liquid nitrogen would work its way inside you.
It would penetrate your fat, muscles, blood and every part of your body would be frozen
into a solid.
IF you head was above the surface of the pool, your entire body would freeze into a solid
mass, and you’d sink to the bottom of the pool.
The good news is, the damage inflicted would be so severe and so quick, that you wouldn’t
feel anything.
Your nerves would be completely shot.
SO kids, try not to fall into liquid nitrogen any time soon, cuz I like you, and I wanna
keep you around.
For now I’m going to respond to some comments from my last video on this channel, what if
everyone came back to life, when I asked you guys a question.
If you could have a conversation with any historical figure that has passed, who would
it be, here were some of your responses.
Dee Got keys – tupac and nipsey and Malcolm and martin luther would be the first people
I would want to meet besides my family members that are gone.
Good answers.
Would love to pick martin luthers brain for a day.
Decipher the rapper – I just one day, one day with robin Williams to speak to him.
Idk what this is yet – if everyone was resurrected, I would being the nerdy person I am, seek
out famous scientists like Pythagoras and Achimedes.
You should hang out with Pythagoras and troll him with flat earth questions.
He’d hate it.