Dry ice is neat...

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 10/20/2017 at 19:34 • Filed to: Am I still 12? Check!

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...when you put it in soapy water.

You get these cloudy bubbles like crystal balls with swirling mist. And, when you pop them, wisps of CO2 come out. Here I put a glass funnel over some chips and made a CO2 fountain.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Chariotoflove 10/20/2017 at 19:48

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This is a good message

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Chariotoflove 10/20/2017 at 21:13

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Do you also work in a lab?

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 10/20/2017 at 21:17

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Science is cool!

Stephenson Valve Gear > Chariotoflove 10/20/2017 at 21:27

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If you use dry ice in a cooler, make sure that there is insulation and a moisture barrier between the dry ice and any cans of cola. If there isn’t a moisture barrier, condensation on the cans may soak through the insulation, freezing into ice, which then freezes the contents of the can, which then explodes in your cooler.

Hypothetically. :D

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Chariotoflove 10/20/2017 at 21:48

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Don’t add dry ice to milk and attempt to make carbonated milk. It’s disgusting.

Chariotoflove > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By 10/20/2017 at 22:06

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I do!

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 10/20/2017 at 22:06

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Isn’t it though?

Chariotoflove > Stephenson Valve Gear 10/20/2017 at 22:07

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How often might that happen, as in what fraction of cans?

Asking for a friend.

Chariotoflove > BaconSandwich is tasty. 10/20/2017 at 22:08

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Writing that down now.

Stephenson Valve Gear > Chariotoflove 10/20/2017 at 22:37

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Research indicates that 2 out of every 24 cans will rupture, with a third can being swollen (aka “Puffy”) to such an extent that you will fear for your life when you take it out of the cooler. Of the 2 exploding cans, one will explode while you are sleeping in a hotel and the other will explode as you are driving through a major city, causing you to think that someone has fired a gun next to your car.

The same thing can hypothetically happen to water bottles as well, but they tend to get puffy without the violent explosion since they aren’t carbonated.

All completely hypothetical, of course...

Chariotoflove > Stephenson Valve Gear 10/20/2017 at 23:36

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Of course. Also, if you put dry ice in a plastic soda bottle with warm water and lob it off the Dental school garage, it will explode like the sound of a howitzer and rattle the dorm windows across the street.

Or so I read on the internet.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Chariotoflove 10/21/2017 at 06:31

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Try adding it to a 20 litre (4 gallon) container two-thirds filled with water and then sealing in up in the office carpark in the after hours... windows may have been broken. Laws certainly were...even in the 90s

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 10/21/2017 at 08:29

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I’ve learned a lot from this comment thread.

Chariotoflove > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 10/21/2017 at 21:00

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Damn.

Chariotoflove > shop-teacher 10/21/2017 at 21:02

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Go forth and use your knowledge well.

shop-teacher > Chariotoflove 10/21/2017 at 21:23

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No promises ;)