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Liquid Nitrogen

Liquid nitrogen boils in a frying pan on a desk.

The liquid state of the element nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen freezes at 63 K (-346°F) and boils at 77.2 K (-320.44°F) under standard atmospheric pressure. The white mist seen in the photograph is fog created by cooling the water vapor present in the air below the dew point.

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