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Re: Cryogenically Frozen Rotors



> >> I saw a portion of a program once ( I might actually have it on tape
> >> too) on Discovery about a company that freezes items down to absolute
> >> zero and then warms them back up. According to the show, metal seems to
> >> ...

> >So how do you get things to absolute zero? Sounds weird to me.

> ...
> Now, if that gas is Helium the resulting temperatures are quite close (but
> not quite) to absolute zero.  A lot of details are left out but that's the
> idea, Bob.

Exactly. THe key phrase was "close to absolute zero." I was poking fun at
the above saying they'll freeze things down to absolutely zero. I thought,
"Woo-ho!" science has flashed by me again. So, I was, like, thinking what
happens when things goes down to absolute zero -- do they just dissapear?
Become dust? Hmmm...

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