Dry ice consists of solid carbon dioxide and results from releasing the CO2 from the liquid phase to atmospheric pressure.
Carbon dioxide is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas that is non-flammable and bacteriostatic. CO2 not only occurs in volcanoes, but also when burning fossil fuels, in fermentation? especially with alcohol and beer? and as a waste gas in chemical processing of petroleum.
CO2 snow forms with releasing and a hydraulic press is then used to press it into blocks of dry ice or pellets (granulate) at a density of 1.5 kg/dm³.
A precise knowledge of the medium of dry ice and its applications is also essential for our own hydraulic dry ice presses.
