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I4-33. Cryophorus

Purpose

To illustrate freezing caused by cooling by evaporation.

Equipment

Cryophorus, styrofoam bucket of liquid nitrogen.

Images

I4-33

Description

Insert the lower end of the cryophorus into a liquid nitrogen bath, with the water in the sphere at the upper end. The liquid nitrogen will reduce the pressure inside the tube, causing evaporation of some of the water from the upper sphere. After sufficient cooling during the evaporation process, the remaining water in the upper sphere freezes.

References

Welch Scientific Company, Instructions for use of Cat. No. 1667 Cryophorus.