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8. Nail it!

Nail guns are often used to drive nail into wood. Build your own nail gun using liquid nitrogen evaporation. What is the maximum thickness of the wood board that can be pierced by a nail fired from such a pistol if it should consume no more than 50 ml of liquid nitrogen per shot? Be extremely careful when performing experiments!

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