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Certainly you can; in fact, if you're not going to use it immediately, doing so is probably a good idea.
Things that would be a bad idea:
- Putting it in a sealed, airtight ice chest.
- Keeping it in an unsealed, non-airtight ice chest with you (or anyone else) in a sealed, reasonably airtight enclosure, or even an open one if the openings to the outside air are above head height.
- Mixing it up with your regular ice chest and putting chunks of dry ice in your soft drinks. (Actually, this could be a great idea, but you want to be sure you don't tilt the glass so far the dry ice touches your lips.)
- Messing around with dry ice in general without insulated gloves ... due to the Leidenfrost effect you may be able to get away with this if you're careful, but use the gloves anyway.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoI am not sure, but I did locate the following information:
Dry ice itself is not poisonous, but the surface of the solid is so cold that it should not be touched without gloves. Also, while the gas is stable and http://www.answers.com/topic/inert, it is heavier than air and can concentrate in low areas or enclosed spaces. When the concentration of carbon http://www.answers.com/topic/dioxide in the air exceeds 5%, the carbon dioxide becomes toxic. Thus, any area in which dry ice is used must be well ventilated. It is an important http://www.answers.com/topic/refrigerant for keeping foods cold and preventing http://www.answers.com/topic/bacterial-growth during http://www.answers.com/topic/shipment. Dry ice used for cooling or freezing foods must be very clean and considered "food grade" to ensure that food it may touch will not be http://www.answers.com/topic/contaminate. Because the solid sublimates rather than melts, large quantities of dry ice can be put into shipping containers without having to take into account volume of melting water that accumulates when ice is used as a refrigerant. Food-related uses are extensive and include quick freezing of foods for future use at food processing plants, retarding the growth of active http://www.answers.com/topic/yeast at bakeries, and keeping foods chilled for http://www.answers.com/topic/catering for the airline industry. Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/dry-ice
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∙ 13y agoDry ice dont melt it just evaporate but regular ice melts and when heated to a certain degree evaporates. Has long as the ice chest is kept at a constantly low temp. You can mix the two
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Can you put dry ice in salt water?
Yes, you can put dry ice in salt water. It will bubble furiously and cool down the salt water.
What is a practical use for dry ice?
Dry ice can be used for tons of stuff. Here is a list of some of the most popular uses:Dry ice blast cleaningMedical cleaningMedical transportationExperimentsKeeping food fresh in power outagesShipping of food across the country
What container is safe to put dry ice in For example should i put dry ice in a metal bowl glass bowl or does it not matter?
Any container - metal, glass, plastic - will do. Bear in mind that a metal container will cool down; for this reason, glass and plastic are better.
What are some good titles for science fair experiments with dry ice?
Use modeling clay to shape a volcano, then fill it with water and when you are giving your presentation, drop dry ice in it, it will begin to make fog.
Why does dry ice evaporate faster than a regular ice cube?
Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide, totally different from ordinary ice, which is frozen water. Dry ice is much colder than water ice, thus evaporates quicker at room temperature. DO NOT TOUCH DRY ICE! It can hurt you badly.
What happens when you put cinnamon in dry ice?
When you put cinnamon it dry ice it adbrutly melts.
What happens if you put saltbon dry ice?
You will have some dry water sodium. Salty dry ice.
How does and ice chest work?
any insulated chest into which you place ice to keep the contents cold.
Can you put dry ice on plastic?
NO
What might you keep in an ice chest?
An ice chest in the 1800s contained what we would now put in a refigerator. A freezer in the 1800s is still calledl a freezer.
How can we store dry ice?
well if its dry put it in a freezer and then leave it for a hour then put it in the fridge
Can you put dry ice in salt water?
Yes, you can put dry ice in salt water. It will bubble furiously and cool down the salt water.
Is it okay to put dry ice under a car?
No
Can you put dry ice on warts?
Yes, it is possible.
What are the use of dry ice?
its uses are to put in your ice box cuz it stays longer
What the uses of the dry ice?
its uses are to put in your ice box cuz it stays longer
Will drinking lots of punch with dry ice in it have unpleasant after effects?
YES. You never, ever put dry ice in a liquid that someone will drink. It can cause serious injury to the tender mouth tissues. Dry ice is OK to put around the outside of a punchbowl, though.
