Re: uh - liquid nitrogen grenades???

["Bob Johnson" <the_yeti@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've read this book, it's completely implausible in all sorts of places, but
an ejoyable read all the same. The guy who wrote it is Australian IIRC and
has since published another book, who's name escapes me.

Back to the topic at hand, I work with LN2, its fun stuff. We have been
known to put about an inch of liquid into the bottom of one of those small
plastic coke bottles and then screw the top back on and throw. Does this
count as a grenade?

Incidentally LN2 on the skin should be treated like a burn, I wont tell you
any of the horror stories I've come across involving it. The problem you
have with such a thing as grandes is that LN2 boils at ~190C and has a
liquid to gas expansion ratio of ~100 times. To carry around an appreciable
amount of the beastie you'd need such a large insulated container that it
would be unfeasible.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Arclight" <arclight@datahaven.de>
To: <millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: uh - liquid nitrogen grenades???


At 16:44 10.05.2001 +0100, you wrote:

 >>>Has somebody been reading bad technothrillers again?
> >Tom Clancy ...
>
>Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Matthew Reilly, "Ice Station"  is the title he gave me

Arclight


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