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Liquid nitrogen

Liquid Nitrogen is Nitrogen at a very low temperature. It is usually produced by a process known as Fractional Distillation of air. At Atmospheric Pressure (Normal Pressure) Nitrogen boils at −196 °C (77 K; −321 °F). Nitrogen was first made into a liquid at Jagiellonian University on 15 April 1883 by Polish physicists, Zygmunt Wróblewski and Karol Olszewski.[1]


Uses[change | change source]

Liquid Nitrogen has a variety of uses, as it is easy to transport, and compact.

  • Removal of Warts
  • Storage and preservation of Cells
  • Shrink welding
  • In food preparation, for foods such as Ice Cream

References[change | change source]

  1. Tilden, William Augustus (2009). A Short History of the Progress of Scientific Chemistry in Our Own Times. BiblioBazaar, LLC. p. 249. ISBN 1-103-35842-1.