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Old 01-07-2009, 07:35 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cfg83 View Post
superchow -

What are the "leftovers" after the dry ice has melted away? Water? Goop?

But someone who really knows pipe up.

CarloSW2
Nothing would be left over. Dry ice is just frozen CO2, once it sublimates it is gone with the wind.

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Yes, using CO2 would be counterintuitive for ecological reasons... Any ideas for frozen inert gasses that could function as a substitute for dry ice?
Even if it did help, consider that it takes a lot of energy to make, store, and distribute dry ice or to freeze any other compound.
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