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I accidentally bought 5 pounds (2.2 kg) of dry ice. What do I do.

CheesyWalnut

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Ok. So I bought 5 pounds of dry ice but when I got home I found out that 5-10 lbs of dry ice will sublimate every 24 hours and I dont need it until 4 days later. well, whoop de doo. I cant return it. What do you think I should do?

heres a crappy picture:

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don't worry I used gloves
 
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Got any magnesium? Mg will burn in dry ice.

Get a 5gallon bucket of hot water and drop a pound or two in? Fill the house with low laying fog.

Chew on a gram or so and pretend to be a dragon?

Toss a couple grams in a balloon and seal it; self inflating balloons!

Carbonate some juices/milk(LOL)/wine/etc...

There's lots of options!
 
Sigurthr said:
Got any magnesium? Mg will burn in dry ice.

Get a 5gallon bucket of hot water and drop a pound or two in? Fill the house with low laying fog.

Chew on a gram or so and pretend to be a dragon?

Toss a couple grams in a balloon and seal it; self inflating balloons!

Carbonate some juices/milk(LOL)/wine/etc...

There's lots of options!
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Can you actually carbonate beverages by just putting dry ice in? might do that.
 
Sigurthr said:
/milk(LOL)/
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DO NOT CARBONATE MILK
You'll get calcium carbonate. Basically do it if you love drinking chalk. Nice bubbly fizzy chalk.

EDIT: Forgot. Plus it goes everywhere.
Also I think it may curdle the milk. Carbonic acid and milk?
 
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CheeseHasLeafs said:
DO NOT CARBONATE MILK
You'll get calcium carbonate. Basically do it if you love drinking chalk. Nice bubbly fizzy chalk.

EDIT: Forgot. Plus it goes everywhere.
Also I think it may curdle the milk. Carbonic acid and milk?
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Haha, yes.

To carbonate a liquid you do need a sealable container for it that will hold the pressure, you can't just drop it in a glass and expect it to work.
 
Add it to some alcohol like isopropyl , and freeze stuff xD in the -79C liquid .
 
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put it in a cooler and wait until you need it :P

put in a bucket of water and leave in someone's car (maybe someone you don't like, in case they accidentally asphyxiate themselves. Actually, maybe don't do this one)
 
Sigurthr said:
Haha, yes.

To carbonate a liquid you do need a sealable container for it that will hold the pressure, you can't just drop it in a glass and expect it to work.
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I would be careful what type of contrainer you put dry ice in...It tends to expand rapidly when exposed to a warm liquid. Under the right conditions you could end up with a coke bottle bomb. :angel: BANG haha

Edit: I don't know what the threshold is between too much dry ice and enough to carbonate.
 
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I had 10 pounds of it for my brother to do a school project and we kept it for 4 days by sticking it in a coleman cooler and keeping out on my deck since it was -25 C out. The cooler you keep it the slower it will sublimate.
 
Put some dry ice and a little bit of warm water in a soda bottle, screw on cap and wait

Move away from the bottle also ;)
 
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