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Home > Episodes > Will It Break?
John P on GeekBeat Episode 669

Will It Break?

June 25, 2013 by John P.

The Theory

The theory is that when you freeze metal it becomes brittle enough to break easily. We’re going to try this by aerosol freezing a bike lock made of heat-treated hardened steel. Will it break?

Hard But Brittle

Hardening is a metal treatment that makes things tougher to cut, but more brittle. Will that work in our favor?

Freezing the Metal

Our bike lock is coated with plastic which we’re going to shave off, then we’ll spray on Super Cold to see if we can get the metal frozen.

The Lock Holds Tough

The lock didn’t break, so it looks like the idea that an aerosol spray can make steel brittle enough to shatter when hit with a hammer just doesn’t hold true.

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: science

About John P.

John P. is CEO of Livid Lobster and co-host of Geek Beat TV. You can also find him on Twitter and Google+.

Comments

  1. Michael Ehrman says

    June 25, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    First of all John, use Liquid Nitrogen. Next get a ball peen hammer. Freeze the lock, not the hardened steel. Hit frozen lock with ball peen hammer. Remove busted lock. Enjoy your new bike. Watch out for cops.

  2. Joel says

    June 25, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    Enjoyable and well presented again JohnJohn 🙂
    Thumbs up…

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