Dry ice + a shot from a .50 BMG = mind blowing experience. I have always heard the term dry ice, but quite frankly have no clue what it is made of, where it comes from, or even what its main purposes are. Nor have I ever seen any dry ice. Posted on 06/19/2017 5:17:45 AM PDT by w1n1
Dry ice + a shot from a .50 BMG = mind blowing experience. I have always heard the term dry ice, but quite frankly have no clue what it is made of, where it comes from, or even what its main purposes are. Nor have I ever seen any dry ice.
You may know all these things and think I am a very uninformed and unintelligent human, but I don’t care. So, when I came across this video, I was intrigued of what the result would be if you shot a huge block of dry ice (a foot and half) with a .50 BMG. See the dry ice vs 50 cal here, you won't be disappointed.
"I have always heard the term dry ice, but quite frankly have no clue what it is made of, where it comes from, or even what its main purposes are. Nor have I ever seen any dry ice.Sigh...."You may know all these things and think I am a very uninformed and unintelligent human, but I don’t care."
“Are you vaping, man?”
“No, it’s the ‘smoke’ from the dry ice.”
The same effect could be had with most decent higher caliber rifles.
But having shot a few 50BMG rifles it is a lot of fun.
Another apparent failure of our education system. It's frozen carbon dioxide, as my grade school children already know.
You should care. It's never too late to learn.
Dry ice, sometimes referred to as "cardice" (chiefly by British chemists), is the solid form of carbon dioxide. It is used primarily as a cooling agent. Its advantages include lower temperature than that of water ice and not leaving any residue (other than incidental frost from moisture in the atmosphere). It is useful for preserving frozen foods where mechanical cooling is unavailable.
Dry ice sublimates at 194.95 Kelvin (−78.5 °Celsius, −109.3 °Fahrenheit, and 350.91 °Rankine) at Earth atmospheric pressures. This extreme cold makes the solid dangerous to handle without protection due to burns caused by freezing (frostbite). While generally not very toxic, the outgassing from it can cause hypercapnia (abnormally elevated carbon dioxide levels in the blood) due to buildup in confined locations.
It’s frozen carbon dioxide. You can learn what it is better by sticking your tongue on it to taste.
Dry icce is the biggest threat to humanity there is! Run away!
“It’s frozen carbon dioxide.”
Duh, I knew that, and I thought everyone else did, too.
Which, is why I thought the quote was down-home funny.
Dry ice.
It’s what I buy then crush and refill my SodaStream cylinders with.
We used to play with it, dropping a chunk into our soda pop and watch it bubble smoke. Of course the pop tasted like crap but it was still fun.
You can buy it at one of the local groceries here, buddy. And he likely can near where he lives. I helped a friend who was going to be traveling for a couple days get some a couple months ago. She knew about dry ice, but didn’t know where to get it (at Publix, here). Keeping her duck fat fresh was important! She had about 2 quarts. A serious foodie.
The internet: a place to tell everyone how ignorant you are. Should never be used to instead cure that ignorance.
If I melt dry ice can I go swimming without getting wet? - Steven Wright
That reminds me of the old hydrogen dioxide joke a few years ago played against libtards.
Dihydrogen monoxide not hydrogen dioxide.
Yeah, that’s a very weird comment. Who doesn’t know what high pressure, cold compressed CO2 is? I’ve never met anyone that didn’t have experience with dry ice. I used to love to throw chunks in as we were preparing the hot bath when the kids were babies. They loved the science and excitement as I explained it to them. *sigh* *sigh* :(
Proud of his ignorance.
Sad.
Chemistry is important!
It brings to mind an old poem. I’m afraid I can’t site an original source.
Little Johnny is no more
He lies dead on the kitchen floor
What he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4
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