If several years ago, dry ice was used only by ice cream vendors, cooks, barmen and celebration organizers, today unique properties of the product have found their application in the home. If you know how to keep dry ice, you can not worry about the unexpected de-energization of the refrigerator and ensuring the quality of the products prepared for a picnic.
It will also help in creating a special atmosphere for the holiday at home, provide an unusual supply of champagne or dessert. This component has found its application in home cosmetology, but before you introduce it into all areas of your life and decide on original experiments, it is worth familiarizing yourself with the physical properties and characteristics of the composition.
Features and characteristics of dry ice, affecting the rules for its storage
Dry ice itself is the most common carbon dioxide in the solid state. Taya, the product passes the traditional phase of liquid formation and immediately turns into gas. This substance combines with air and turns into a thick vapor that does not have a specific odor.
Advice: At home, it is highly not recommended to use a lot of dry ice at the same time. The release of a significant amount of carbon dioxide in a tight space can lead to oxygen starvation and provoke a headache and even fainting.
Despite the fact that dry ice can be stored at home, its evaporation will occur constantly and this can not be stopped. For this reason, the product is recommended to be purchased immediately before a landmark event or prepared independently using the most common extinguisher.
Creating optimal conditions for storing dry ice at home
To maximize the life of dry ice at home and preserve its functionality, the following points should be kept in mind:
Special container for storing dry ice
- Store the product in special containers. Profiled products are made of special shockproof plastic or stainless steel with double walls. An additional foam pad prevents the penetration of heat into the tank and for a while ice is stored literally at its own temperature.
- If it is not possible to purchase such a device, you can confine yourself to a portable refrigerator, it also keeps the temperature well.
- In extreme cases, a unique container will have to be built at home, on their own. To do this, we take a box of strong plastic or corrugated cardboard, put the inner surfaces of foam or its innovative analogue - penokpleksom. Sheets of insulation must be adjusted to each other as tightly as possible, the slightest slit will reduce all efforts to zero. Joints are glued with scotch tape, covered with a sheet covered with a sheet of foam and a lid.
- Regardless of the type of construction, it should be placed in the coolest place that can be found at home, if the weather is cool, then the balcony will be the best option. The main thing is that this room has good ventilation or is regularly ventilated.
- Do not keep dry ice in the refrigerator or freezer. Units designed for home use can not cope with such extreme temperatures and often fail. An additional minus option is a tightly closed door, which prevents the release of carbon dioxide.
- Dry ice is strictly forbidden to store in a sealed container. The gas will constantly accumulate, which sooner or later will lead to an explosion or severe frostbite of the hands and face of the person who opens the chemical-filled box.
When working with dry ice it is necessary to remember the features of the product. Despite the visible harmlessness of a piece of ice, it can cause frostbite of tissues, so you can not touch it with your bare hands.
It is not recommended to allow children and animals to enter the object, becausegetting even a small fragment of the reagent into the body can cause serious negative consequences. Before you begin to use the means, it is better to consult a professional on all disputable and questionable points.
