X-Message-Number: 1308 Subject: CRYONICS Dropped tools Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 11:00:45 -0400 From: >From: (Steve Jackson) >> From: Tim Freeman >> fishing around for a dropped tool in a dewar > >But if the tool was metal, wouldn't it have frozen to his hand >when he touched it? Something wrong with this picture . . . Right. One possibility was that the item wasn't metal (maybe it wasn't even a tool, and I'm remembering this wrong.) Another possibility is that he had a glove to use to pick up the tool, but not one that extended to his shoulder. Another possibility is that we're overestimating how quickly the heat would flow from his hand to the metal tool. Another possibility is that he was lying. I saw him stir around the LN2 with his bare hand; everything else is hearsay. Perhaps some people reading this list have practical experience dealing with LN2 and can straighten us out? Tim Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1308