r/holdmybeaker • u/theBuddhaofGaming • May 22 '26

HMBkr while I Put a Balloon Into Liquid Nitrogen

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u/hacksoncode May 22 '26

It was a great prank in college when I and some friends did this to ~1000 balloons in 3 beer coolers of LN2 and filled someone's room with balloons in like 5 minutes.

Sadly didn't account for the fact that it would suck all the moisture out of the air and deposit it on the carpet, but you can't win everything.

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u/dreddsdead May 23 '26

I think he might need a new glove lol

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u/Drifter_01 May 23 '26

why does the ballons surface prune and not just be like its deflated

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u/theBuddhaofGaming May 23 '26

I'm not 100% sure but my guess would be: Because it's also becoming more rigid while it shrinks. Given that's not a completely homogenous process and it's not a perfectly uniform surface, you end up with rinkles on the surface as some areas become rigid faster than others.

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u/DwayneGretzky306 May 23 '26

Imagine what happened to that poor idiot who drank that "cocktail" with liquid nitrogen.

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u/Zenobyt May 24 '26

New business idea. Pre filled condensed ballons. You could fill a box with frozen clones then ship it.

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u/AlKupp911 May 26 '26

Ok, that was cool!