Please don't come up with some lame-o answers.. I really need to know.
If *possible* please give me the link to where you got your answer. thanks a lot!
2007-10-25 10:48:13 · 3 answers · asked by Nichole 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
PLEASE STATE YOUR SOURCE!
2007-10-25 10:54:12 · update #1
In 1835 the French chemist Charles Thilorier published the first account of dry ice. Upon opening the lid of a large cylinder containing liquid carbon dioxide he noted much of the carbon dioxide rapidly evaporated leaving solid dry ice in the container. Throughout the next 60 years, dry ice was observed and tested by scientists.So dry ice mainly was named dry ice because the carbon dioxide had evaporated into the air without making a watery mess, and that is how it got its name.
2007-10-25 13:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by hannah M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PragmaticAlien is correct. Frozen CO2 goes directly from solid to gas. That's called sublimation. Since it skips the liquid phase, its called "dry".
2007-10-25 10:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not convert into a liquid when warmed up.
So you don't get wet.
It sublimates directly into a gas.
2007-10-25 10:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by PragmaticAlien 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋