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What Makes Foods Frozen with Nitrogen Better?
According to American Chemistry Magazine1, nitrogen—in both its liquid and gaseous form—is proving “a beneficial ingredient for the prepared foods sector, with a range of creative applications, including freezing, packaging, mixing, coating, and grinding.” As you may,...
How Oxygen Propelled the 1st US Astronaut Launch in Nearly a Decade
Recently, in the midst of the COVID pandemic, quarantine, and economic downturns, the United States Space Program was still going strong. On May 30, the U.S. launched the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, a rocket that was propelled, in part, by oxygen. And even though the...
How Emergency Oxygen Can Help SCUBA Injuries
Recently, we got an inquiry from a SCUBA diving search and rescue unit. They needed a source of medical oxygen for an emergency kit, used to treat SCUBA divers after certain types of accidents. We were happy to help and thought it might be a good opportunity to share...
8 Ways Cryotherapy is Boosting Health and Fighting Disease
Cryotherapy is a pretty simple concept: the therapeutic application of cold to your body. At its simplest, it’s putting an ice pack on your sore muscles, or soaking a sprained ankle in ice water. Recently, whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) has become a popular trend with...
A Brief History of Oxygen in Medicine
As the COVID-19 pandemic has been sweeping the nation, the importance of medical oxygen service has come to the forefront of our communities and everyday conversations. The medical condition known as "silent hypoxia" hit the headlines when COVID-19 began presenting...
Why Race Teams Run Nitrogen Gas in Their Tires
Increasingly, many tire shops offer “nitrogen fills” as either an option or a value-added service to drivers. Nitrogen is presented as a “better” option than just compressed air, but unless you were a chemistry major, you might not…
3 Foods Made Possible by Liquid Nitrogen
In a time when many of us are separated from our favorite restaurants, we thought we’d look at some of the over-the-top food inventions that are only made possible by liquid nitrogen. A quick disclaimer – while eating properly prepared and served treats made with...
What’s So Special About Nitro Beers?
The next time you walk into a taproom or brewpub, there is a good chance that they will have at least one "nitro" beer on tap. Beers carbonated with nitrogen (or actually a mix of nitrogen and carbon dioxide — more on that later) have been the standard for stouts and...
Watch as a Chemical Engineer Tries to Freeze Electricity with Liquid Nitrogen
There are plenty of very serious uses for liquid nitrogen. It can be used to perform procedures in cryosurgery or preserve embryos for fertility treatments. It also has a multitude of applications in food production, from large-scale frozen food assembly to creating...
The Role of Medical Oxygen in Fighting COVID-19
Even in normal times, medical oxygen plays a critical role for many applications. But, right now, we are not living in anything like normal times. Medical oxygen plays a critical role in treating numerous patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19. Many patients who...