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- Dry Ice BCGA guidelines (476 kb)
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Dry Ice
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide (CO2). It is made by compressing and cooling gaseous CO2.
Expansion converts the liquid into the snow form of the solid state.
The snow is then compressed by a hydraulic press into dry ice blocks, slices or pellets.
Application and use
- storage and transportation of frozen or chilled foods
- storage and transportation of medical, pharmaceutical, research and other temperature-sensitive materials
- process coolant in food, chemicals, research and pharmaceutical industries
- freeze-branding livestock
- fabrication shrink-fitting
- industrial cleaning by dry ice blasting
- special effects and fog-making machines
- cold grinding of food and plastics
- de-flashing of rubber products
- pipe freezing
- blast cleaning
