Although I am a LIFE fan, I must point out that this episode is crowded with absurd facts that insult the viewer's intelligence. For one thing, the writer expects us to believe that a person can freeze to death by inhaling liquid nitrogen. In the first place, oxygen and nitrogen dewars have gas phase outlets; if the mask were to be hooked to a liquid outlet, the liquid squirt would probably produce a frostbite burn before being inhaled. If cryogenic liquid were actually inhaled (in this case, it would be irrelevant if it were oxygen or nitrogen, since their temperatures are similar: there would be no use in changing the dewars) the first breath would seriously burn the airways, but it would never deep-freeze the victim. To deep freeze a person with liquid nitrogen, it would be necessary to immerse it in liquid or very cold gas (as in a freezing tunnel); the result would be that the person would freeze as a frozen steak. In no case would this produce the brittleness that is showed in the episode... can you make a frozen steak crumble by touching it with a pen? It was sad to see Crews and Dani wallowing in such a stupid plot!
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Wrong temperature.
snakestail4 January 2015
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When explaining that liquid nitrogen comes out at 77.2 degrees kelvin he then adds that that is 312 degrees below freezing.
Considering that absolute zero Kelvin is minus 273.2 degrees Celsius that puts 77.2 degrees kelvin at minus 196 degrees Celsius, and as absolute zero is minus 273.2 C How the hell is anything 312 degrees below freezing (0 C or 273.2 K)It was just a stupid number to say.
The previous review about the frozen man being impossible needs no further amendment as it is correct, the burns to the mouth, nose and oesophagus would render the inhaler dead before any more damage could be done.
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The suspects in the case were a joke, a cleaner stealing drugs has them handed to him at the end. An ex lover who is still a lover but is only seen coming once to the lab when the dead guy she is having a fling with practically lives at the lab, how did they ever meet? The current lab assistance after 7 years of being treated like a dog realises that the study is invalid and a waste of her time even though it works for a narrow case of patients...so it works when other drugs do not...that in itself is a marvel, why would she be disappointed?
Considering that absolute zero Kelvin is minus 273.2 degrees Celsius that puts 77.2 degrees kelvin at minus 196 degrees Celsius, and as absolute zero is minus 273.2 C How the hell is anything 312 degrees below freezing (0 C or 273.2 K)It was just a stupid number to say.
The previous review about the frozen man being impossible needs no further amendment as it is correct, the burns to the mouth, nose and oesophagus would render the inhaler dead before any more damage could be done.
***Contains spoiler**
The suspects in the case were a joke, a cleaner stealing drugs has them handed to him at the end. An ex lover who is still a lover but is only seen coming once to the lab when the dead guy she is having a fling with practically lives at the lab, how did they ever meet? The current lab assistance after 7 years of being treated like a dog realises that the study is invalid and a waste of her time even though it works for a narrow case of patients...so it works when other drugs do not...that in itself is a marvel, why would she be disappointed?
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