Disclaimer:
Dry ice is EXTREMELY cold. Around -78 Celsius (-109 freedom units). Putting your hand in it for more than a few seconds can burn and develop white blisters. If it is in there for longer, your hand can become solid and moving it will cause torn flesh. Breathing in the gas can cause internal frostbite
Safety Precautions:
It is REQUIRED to wear cryogenic gloves if you are touching it directly. If you want to be smart, don’t touch it directly. Hold it indirectly. Even if you are not touching it directly, you still have to wear the thickest pair of gloves you can get when handling it. WEAR FOOTWEAR. You MUST wear thick shoes unless you want to get your feet cut off. That is a bit of an exaggeration, but you will still get cold burns and frostbite due to the vapor. The vapor is heavier than air, so it will sink to the ground.
Extra Warnings:
Any dry ice stored will not last for long. Your average joe won’t have the proper storage containers to store it for a long time. If you have any dewars or cryogenic storage containers, you can use those. When storing, make sure the area is well ventilated. If you are placing it in a freezer, make sure the freezer isn’t closed. Store in an upright position. Keep it away from any warm objects. If you just want a place to put it so you can freeze dry something, just get something made of stainless steel.
Materials:
- Most fire extinguishers (Check to make sure it has CO2 in it)
- Some sort of thick sack
- Rope (or a ton of rubber bands)
- Gloves
- Shoes
- Eye protection (glasses work)
- Do this outside or in your garage please
Now for the fun part.
- Step 1: Put the head of the sack around the head of the fire extinguisher. Make sure the sack isn’t too big.
- Step 2: Use rope or rubber bands to tie the head of the sack to the fire extinguisher. You don’t want the sack falling off.
- Step 3: Go crazy with the fire extinguisher. Keep it away from your face. If there is a small amount of gas leaking out, that is fine. If there is a lot of gas, stop the fire extinguisher.
- Step 4: Let the fire extinguisher go for around 15 seconds. Close the extinguisher and put on your eye protection.
- Step 5: Look into the sack to see how much dry ice is inside. Take your next steps accordingly
- Step 6: HURRY DO SOMETHING WITH IT THE DRY ICE GOES AWAY IN A FEW HOURS
Stuff to do with Dry Ice
You got the dry ice. What now? Here are some fun stuffs you can do with it.
Activity 1: Epic Ice Fog. Wear some oven mitts and toss the dry ice into hot water. Be quick with it unless you love the feeling of frostbite. The dry ice will let off a ton of vapor and it looks super cool.
Activity 2: Make a rocket. Take a soda (or water) bottle and drill a hole into the cap. Cover the hole with tape (not the see-through kind). Fill it with water until it is 1/3rds full. Fill it with dry ice until half full. Put the cap on, set it on the ground, and run.
Activity 3: Make a boom boom (with dry ice). put the dry ice in a sealed bag (ziplock baggy works) and it goes boom
Activity 4: Carbonated fruit. Freeze fruit with dry ice and when eating it, it is fizzy
Activity 5: Frozen bubbles. Get soap solution and a cardboard box. Put the dry ice in the box and leave it inside for about 5 minutes. Blow bubbles into the container, freezing them.
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