where do you get dry ice?

Answer 1

grocery store, in the place with the raw meat and fish, you gotta ask em about it.

Answer 2

You might look in the yellow pages under ice and some of the companies that sell regular ice may also sell dry ice. It is kind of dangerous if you touch it, so be careful.

Answer 3

i dun know where dry ice comes frm but i do know dry ice is solid carbon dioxide.

Answer 4

first off i dont know if you know but dry ice is frozen co2.
second its not that easy to find, but if you get a fire extingusher that dispenses co2, juss squezze the fire extingusher and dry ice comes out

hope this helps

Answer 5

Never had to buy any, so I don't know. I'm only answering this so I'll be sure to check back later and see if anyone answered correctly. I'm guessing at a hardware store or grocery supply store?

Answer 6

It's called a grocery store.

Answer 7

Dry ice is a genericized trademark for solid ("frozen") carbon dioxide.Carbon dioxide is the gas that we exhale during breathing and the gas that plants use in photosynthesis. It is also the same gas commonly added to water to make soda water. Dry Ice is particularly useful for freezing, and keeping things frozen because of its very cold temperature: -109.3°F or -78.5°C. Dry Ice is widely used because it is simple to freeze and easy to handle using insulated gloves.

Dry Ice changes directly from a solid to a gas -sublimation- in normal atmospheric conditions without going through a wet liquid stage. Therefore it gets the name "dry ice." As a general rule, Dry Ice will sublimate at a rate of five to ten pounds every 24 hours in a typical ice chest. This sublimation continues from the time of purchase, therefore, pick up Dry Ice as close to the time needed as possible. Bring an ice chest or some other insulated container to hold the Dry Ice and slow the sublimation rate. Dry Ice sublimates faster than regular ice melts but will extend the life of regular ice.

It is best not to store Dry Ice in your freezer because your freezer's thermostat will shut off the freezer due to the extreme cold of the Dry Ice! Of course if the freezer is broken, Dry Ice will save all your frozen goods. Commercial shippers of perishables often use dry ice even for non frozen goods. Dry ice gives more than twice the cooling energy per pound of weight and three times the cooling energy per volume than regular water ice (H2O). It is often mixed with regular ice to save shipping weight and extend the cooling energy of water ice. Sometimes dry ice is made on the spot from liquid CO2.

The resulting dry ice snow is packed in the top of a shipping container offering extended cooling without electrical refrigeration equipment and connections.

Dry ice is produced by compressing carbon dioxide gas to a liquid form, removing the heat produced by the compression (see Charles' law), and then letting the liquid carbon dioxide expand quickly. This expansion causes a drop in temperature so that some of the CO2 freezes into "snow", which is then compressed into pellets or blocks.

Dry ice has many industrial uses, including
Dry ice used to cool drinks in Central Park.(New York City, New York, U.S.)
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Dry ice used to cool drinks in Central Park.
(New York City, New York, U.S.)

* Cooling foodstuffs, biological samples, and other perishable items.
* Producing "dry ice fog" for special effects. When dry ice is put into contact with water, the frozen carbon dioxide sublimates into a mixture of cold carbon dioxide gas and cold humid air. This causes condensation and the formation of fog; see fog machine. The effect of fog by the mixture of dry ice with water, is best formed when the water is warm, rather than cold.
* Tiny pellets of dry ice (instead of sand) are shot at a surface to be cleaned. Dry ice is not as hard as sand, but it speeds processing by sublimating to a gas and does not produce nearly as much lung-damaging dust.
* Increasing precipitation from existing clouds or decreasing cloud thickness by cloud seeding.[4]
* Producing carbon dioxide gas as needed in such systems as the fuel tank inerting system in the B-47 aircraft.

* Brass or other metallic bushings are buried in dry ice to shrink them so they will fit inside a machined hole. When the bushing warms back up, it expands and makes an extremely tight fit.
* As a cooling supplement for overclocking a central processing unit, a graphics processing unit, or other types of hardware.

Dry ice requires special precautions when handling. It is extremely cold, requiring proper insulating gloves to handle. It constantly produces carbon dioxide gas, so it cannot be stored in a sealed container as the pressure buildup will quickly cause the container to explode. The sublimated gas must be ventilated; otherwise, it may fill the enclosed space and create a suffocation hazard. Special care for ventilating vehicles is needed as well because of the small space. People who handle dry ice should also be aware that carbon dioxide is heavier than air and will sink to the floor.



Some markets require those purchasing dry ice to be of 18 years of age or older.

Answer 8

you can get it @ boots or a pharmacy.
this is only if you want to use if on small affected area's.
if it is for bigger wards then you need to get treated by a gp.

Answer 9

Buy from the store.

Answer 10

http://www.dryiceinfo.com/

seems an informative site..