| Safety of cryogenic substances |
Liquid Nitrogen is - 196˚C, so what equipment must be used? |
| Fog breath |
Is water present in your breath? Condensation demonstration. |
| The shrinking balloon |
What happens to gases when rapidly cooled? Air pressure demo |
| Balloon blow up |
Blowing balloons up from the outside! Transferring heat energy. |
| Lid launcher |
Expanding gases have a lot of force - why can this be a problem? |
| The flying glove |
Heating gases causes rapid expansion! |
| Ball smasher |
Why can rubber shatter? Glass transition phase demonstration |
| Banana hammer |
Can plant material survive instant freezing? |
| Liquid Nitrogen sprinkler! |
Rapid expansion of Nitrogen can be utilised - what about water? |
| Cool lasers |
How are lasers used in atmospheric research? |
| Frozen bubbles |
Bubbles can give clues about our changing environment. |
| Cooling circuits |
Proving chemical reactions slow when cooled. |
| Leidenfrost effect |
Rapidly boiling liquids can hover over surfaces… how? |
| Levitating magnets |
See the power within superconductors; future research in action |
