Jon Elson wrote: (clip) While the release of tons of liquid Nitrogen onto a road would not technically be an explosion, it could still release a HUGE amount of gas pretty suddenly. I sure wouldn't want to be anywhere near it if the tank cracked or if a safety relief valve that happend to be under the liquid level was forced to open.(clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I sure wouldn't stand around gawking. It seems to me the real danger from this "explosion" would not be nitrogen narcosis or asphyxiation, but frostbite or outright freezing. How would you like to be in the path of an expanding, boiling mass of liquid nitrogen?
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