X-Message-Number: 2236 Date: Tue, 11 May 93 11:29:07 CDT From: Brian Wowk <> Subject: CRYONICS LN2 Perils Mark Voelker: > Actually, it might be a > good idea, if such a room is built, to put the present patients, in their > present dewars, in the room, since this would lower the LN2 boiloff rate. Can't do it. A dewar vacuum failure would badly injury -130'C patients by making them much colder. By the way, I have thought of the best reason yet why *not* to transfer LN2 patients to -130'C storage. Any LN2 trapped in body cavities like the sinuses would reach a pressure of about 60 atmospheres (1000 psi) at -130'C. In colloquial terms, the patient's head could explode. --- Brian Wowk Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2236