Liquid Nitrogen and 1500 Ping Pong Balls

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George Smart

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Sep 25, 2012, 5:55:52 PM9/25/12
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I don't know if anyone has seen this, but I'd love to have a go at doing it/something similar!?

Liquid Nitrogen and 1500 Ping Pong Balls


George Smart,
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Antonio García Castañeda

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Sep 26, 2012, 9:17:45 AM9/26/12
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That is indeed amazing. 

Have you seen the fission chain reaction analogy with ping pong balls and mousetraps?

http://youtu.be/0v8i4v1mieU
(start watching at 1:52)

Ping pong balls hold tremendous potential as tools for scientific visualisation. We should conduct experiments to validate this hypothesis.
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