Name: Freezing Liquid Nitrogen Category: Thermodynamics Subcategory: Change of State Classes:

Comments: A beaker contains liquid nitrogen. Pump out the bell jar to freeze the liquid nitrogen. The freezing temperature is about 68 degrees Kelvin, about ten degrees below the liquefying temperature of 77. Only the surface may freeze and then break as pumping continues.

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