• Question: Have you done the McVities Biscuit experiment where you dunk it in Liquid Nitrogen, then immediately set fire to it? It can burn a hole through a steel sheet! :O

    Asked by lidiots to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 22 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 19 Mar 2011:


      No – but it sounds extraordinary!

    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 19 Mar 2011:


      That sounds like it packs some serious heat then! I’ve not tried it.

    • Photo: Mark Vesey

      Mark Vesey answered on 20 Mar 2011:


      No but i’d like to see it!

    • Photo: Melanie Stefan

      Melanie Stefan answered on 20 Mar 2011:


      Is that true? Liquid nitrogen is nonflammable. I would expect a McVities Biscuit to burn, but I’d be surprised to see it burn a hole through a steel sheet. Also, I wouldn’t expect it to burn better when dunked in liquid nitrogen.

    • Photo: Probash Chowdhury

      Probash Chowdhury answered on 22 Mar 2011:


      No I haven’t tried that one – must try it in the lab sometime.

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