@museumofscience: How does an LED light change when dipped in liquid nitrogen? 💡 Museum Educator Adelaide demonstrates what happens when you plunge an LED into liquid nitrogen. The LED shifts from orange to green, all because of physics. As the temperature drops, electrons need more energy to jump the LED’s “band gap,” causing the light to change color in real time. #Chemistry #ScienceExperiment #CrazyFacts #ScienceExplained #ScienceFacts

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justin82954
Justin82954 :
And to think blue LEDs almost never existed and were really really difficult to figure out
2026-01-10 18:16:08
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sk1ttl3s406
youdontneedtoknow 🧿 :
can you tell me why the LED lights suck so much energy from us as humans vs the incandescent bulbs lol
2026-01-11 16:20:21
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amastercuber
Amastercuber :
What if you chill a blue LED
2026-01-11 05:23:02
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fortellodx
Fortello :
for a second I was worried the liquid nitrogen would get into the wiring and mess with it. and then I remembered what liquid nitrogen is: nitrogen
2026-01-10 18:37:53
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greebowarrior
greebo :
“So one time at band gap…”
2026-01-12 19:03:35
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sansdeus
Gray eyes :
Interesting that it takes more energy! I would have guessed it took less, due to better conductivity, allowing a greater flow from less resistance, making the wavelength shorter (higher energy).
2026-01-10 21:22:42
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user109064574
Authorio :
Would cooling violet LED emitting ultraviolet? Would cooling ultraviolet LED emitting X-ray?
2026-02-01 00:45:32
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williamtennison1
WillyWizard :
So is this shrinking the anode and cathode contacts, therefore changing the distance the electronics have to jump? Then that would change the color?
2026-01-12 06:06:35
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taintedtrinity
Trin :
me with colour vision issues thats the same colour
2026-01-15 06:58:06
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icalloutbullshiet
Lord of all Karen's. :
Can you make blue Led?
2026-01-10 18:59:20
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uramehnace
Mehnaceᵛᵗ :
that green light is giving me flashbacks of the old xbox
2026-01-11 13:30:49
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kisosen
Kisosen :
Would it go blue then indigo if you could get it cooler?
2026-01-12 00:49:45
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tytron5000
Average Ty :
"You can see it goes from orange to yellow to green." hahaha no, I'm colorblind.
2026-01-11 02:48:28
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ilikebikez
ilikebikez :
Epic
2026-01-12 03:27:42
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classicalphotog
classicalphotog :
but at ln2 (77K) the distance of the gap gets smaller.
2026-01-11 02:29:45
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jester1123
jess :
AND WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!
2026-01-13 12:16:51
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simple_green247
Green fella :
Orange is the new green
2026-01-11 08:10:39
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fin14444
fin :
is this not curies law
2026-01-13 02:52:53
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crissvypnvy
crisscrossing Science :
Nice demonstration
2026-02-12 21:39:26
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weirdtextslol
stupidweirdtexts :
Very interesting
2026-04-07 03:36:37
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michaelk_7x3
MichaelK7X3 :
😅 And I love your nails they have the same color change 💅
2026-03-05 08:57:08
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akitooofficial
Aki Too 𓆩⟡𓆪 :
How does this relate to green lasers being especially dangerous when pointed at someone? Is it because more energy is needed which results in damage to the eye because of that strength?
2026-01-18 15:53:18
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that_fairboyyy
Samuel :
this is basically plasma creation
2026-02-12 21:33:50
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