During spring break, there was a club that had CO2 tanks that shot blasts of CO2 on the crowd for a cool blast. I was thinking getting a tank and hooking PVC tubing to the tank. The open end of the tube would hang over the crowd. How practical is this? Does the CO2 loose its effect while traveling through the tube? Any suggestions on how to make this work? Thanks.
2006-09-20 07:00:40 · 3 answers · asked by Frankie D 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Taking a CO2 fire extinguisher as an example, the liquid CO2 is released from the tank through a short tube that leads to a nozzle, and doesn't start to expand until it passes into, and then through the nozzle. So the tube must withstand the pressure of liquid CO2, which at room temperature is 830 psi. The CO2 will maintain its pressure, and therefore its blast effect, with longer tubing. But you'd have to have very strong tubing to carry that pressure. I doubt that tubing meant for common plumbing applications, PVC or thin-wall copper, would be safe.
2006-09-20 07:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by kirchwey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What u trying to do ??In a closed area called confined space CO2 will suffocate u. CO2 is so heavy that it displaces ox. easily and if u have enough CO2 that u drop the OX below 19.5 the people will faint and fall to the floor where the CO2 will kill by suffocation. If u get very direct flow of the CO2 u can get frost bite. Not very funny.
2006-09-20 08:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful or someone will send you a cool law suit.
2006-09-20 07:07:57 · answer #3 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋