How to Use Dry Ice
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide that forms when some refrigerated liquid carbon dioxide vaporizes, leaving behind solidified carbon dioxide with the texture of snow. The dry ice available to buy is this "snow" compressed into either pellets or bigger blocks. Dry ice has many uses, including packaging cold goods, freezing warts and creating exciting effects as it changes states. With careful handling, you can use dry ice in a variety of ways around the house. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Wear insulated gloves when you handle dry ice. The extremely cold temperature is harmful to bear skin.
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Go for the dramatic by creating a dry ice fog. Place chunks of dry ice into a container of hot water and watch the solid pieces form a white mist. Keep the container of water on a hot plate to make the vapor last longer.
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Cool drinks with food-grade dry ice. Place fairly large pieces of dry ice into a pitcher of a room temperature beverage. Leave the dry ice at the bottom of the pitcher where it settles and don't consume it. When the beverage bubbles and gives off the most fog, add more dry ice. Use 2 to 4 lb. dry ice per gallon of beverage.
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Add dry ice to a heated pool or hot tub to create a foggy effect. Drop between 50 and 100 lb. of dry ice into the water to make fog for about an hour. More fog forms more quickly in a hot tub than in a pool because of the higher temperature.
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Tips & Warnings
Buy dry ice right before you want to use it, and transport it in an ice chest.
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Comments
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if I put it in the pitcher and serve it, what if the dry ice gets smaller and the guest swallowed it? is there any way that I can prevent anyone from swallowing the small dry ice?
