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Dry ice is colder than regular ice because it is not the same thing.
Regular ice is water, H2O, which freezes at a temperature of 32˚F or 0˚C. Therefore, ice is 32˚F.
Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide's natural state is a gas; therefore it must be cooled down to about -109.3˚F before it freezes and becomes a solid. If it gets above this temperature it will return to its gaseous form, so dry ice is -109.3˚F.
* This is why it is called dry ice - there is no water in it.
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∙ 14y ago
Elayne Coulter
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∙ 12y agoI imagine that you're question is actually "Why is dry ice colder than water ice?" If that is in fact the case the answer is because of the chemical composition of the two different constiuent compounds. Dry ice is carbon dioxide CO2 in solid form, while water ice is H2O in solid form. We all know that H2O freezes at OoC, while the freezing point of CO2 is around -79oC at STP. The reason that CO2 freezes at such a cold temperature is because of it's relatively small molecular weight 44.0 g/mol in combination with the linear configuration of the double bonded oxygens on either side of the central carbon which results in very low, if any, intermolecular forces.
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∙ 15y agoDry ice isn't really hot, it just goes through a process known as sublimation. Think about water. If you hold an ice cube in your hand, what happens? It melts. Dry ice turns from a solid directly into a vapor, because it's not water ice; it's carbon dioxide ice. This process of sublimation requires more heat than simply melting. Heat (not cold) travels from your hand to the ice, making it warmer, but your hand colder. Temperatures aren't absolute; they're measured by comparison. That's why if you're outside on a cold day, eventually, you won't notice the cold because you've acclimated to the temperature. It's the same thing when you hold an ice cube.
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∙ 13y agoDry ice does not melt in to a puddle like water ice does. This is because dry ice is made of nothing more than CO2. CO2 cannot exist in liquid form under earth's atmosphere. For this reason, when dry ice heats up, it sublimates in to CO2 gas.
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∙ 11y agoBecause the boiling point of nitrogen is very low (77 K, if I remember properly; that's almost 200 degrees Celsius below zero). If it wasn't cold, it wouldn't be a liquid.
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What are ingredients in hot ice?
Type your answer here... dry ice
What happens when you put dry ice outside on a hot summer day?
Dry ice is simply solid Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and would turn back into a gas at a high enough temperature like on a hot summer day.
Can dry ice be refrozen to reuse?
Not in a normal freezer.. It freezes at around -70 celcius
Will dry ice melt on contact with salt?
No, dry ice will not melt on contact with salt. In the first place, dry ice does not melt. It does not have a liquid phase under normal atmospheric pressure. It transforms from solid to gas, which is called sublimation. Dry ice sublimes, rather than melts. Secondly, salt has no effect on the sublimation of dry ice. Salt has an effect on frozen water, but it does not have an effect on frozen carbon dioxide. Salt is soluble in water, it is not soluble in carbon dioxide.
Does cyclohexane freeze in dry ice?
Cyclohexane's melting point is about +6 degrees Celsius. Dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) maintains a temperature of -78C in normal conditions. Cyclohexane will thus freeze on dry ice. In fact, a closed container of cyclohexane would freeze on regular, water ice. Regular hexane (linear) has a freezing point around -100C, and will remain a liquid on dry ice, much as ethanol or acetone do.
What are ingredients in hot ice?
Type your answer here... dry ice
Is the ice found on Mars dry ice or normal ice?
It is a mixture of the two.
What happened to the dry ice when hot water was added?
The dry ice is melted and the carbon dioxide is released as a gas.
How do you make a fog machine?
dry ice and hot water
How does the temperature of water affect the sublimation of dry ice?
cold water makes dry ice closer to its freezing point. so hot water makes dry ice sublimate more
Why was the smoke moving downwards when you put the dry ice in the hot cup of coffee?
Because of condensation between Ice and the hot coffee.
When you put dry ice into hot water why does it stem more than in cold water?
Because dry ice evaporates faster in higher temperatures
Can dry ice float a hot air balloon?
No. Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide, which is heavier than air, so wont float a balloon.
What to do with a swelling knee?
To get it back to normal put dry ice on it for ten minutes.
Why is dry ice why is it called so?
Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide, instead of water. The reason why it's called dry ice is under normal circumstances, heating dry ice will turn it directly into a gas, skipping a liquid form. The exception in all cases is under high pressure will melting dry ice turn into a liquid.
What is the normal temp of dry ice in deg c?
The normal temperature of dry ice is -78.5 degrees Celsius or -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit at atmospheric pressure.
Can hot ice stay solid all day?
There is no hot ice, ice melts before it gets hot - unless you mean stolen diamonds, in which case yes, they can stay solid.we can also say that solid ice as dry co2 which cant be solid
