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By: J

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:47:14 +0000

Carbonating with dry ice in a closed container can be somewhat dangerous (or at least messy) if done wrong. But if you still want to try it, start out with a bit of math to determine how much dry ice to use. I ran the following through Google’s handy calculator and estimated that one and a half teaspoons of dry ice will fully pressurize half a plastic 2 liter bottle:

1L (filling up half a 2L bottle)
1.6g/mL (dry ice density)
44g/mol (weight of CO2 molecules)
100psi (max safe pressure in soda bottle)
68F (temp of cool liquid)
0.082L*atm/mol/K (energy in ideal gas)

http://tinyurl.com/43s7p6

Don’t forget that cold water holds carbonation better than warm.

By: brianna

brianna — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:33:33 +0000

grapes,strawberries are good at night

By: brianna

brianna — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:32:47 +0000

bannas,strawberries are good

By: adair

adair — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:50:04 +0000

what is the best type of container to use for punch when including dry ice? I know that glass can shatter if a large piece is used. Is a plastic cauldren okay for a party if small pieces are used to make a bubbly brew?

By: Kendall

Kendall — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:15:58 +0000

You can make fizzy fruit if you have a ISI canister for making whipped cream. Instead of using N2o you use Co2 put the fruit into the canister and charge with the Co2 let the fruit sit in the canister for about and hour. Remove the fruit and Voila!! the fruit has become carbonated.
Everybody Enjoy!!
Kendall

great tip Kendall -thanks!

I’ve heard of cherry tomatoes being charged in this manner, though using two cartridges for each carbonating session.

–McAuliflower

By: Kim Christidhis

Kim Christidhis — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:18:40 +0000

I make ice cream with liquid nitrogen all the time. I get the LN2 from a medical gas supply company. I found them in the yellow pages under medical supplies. And they deliver!! The absolute best part is that they have a 10L dewar for rental. The dewar is cheap, but the LN2 costs a little more than I thought it would.

We like the ice cream made with half and half better than that made with heavy cream and milk. There’s an after taste from the fat molecules in the heavy cream!

By: Roberta

Roberta — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:36:22 +0000

Have you ever frozen watermelon? If so, what was the procedure?

I haven’t- tho that would be fun.
I’d freeze it the same way as all the other fruits: set it on top of the dry ice and nibble on it as it thaws.

–McAuliflower

By: Lela Iskandar

Lela Iskandar — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 05:43:09 +0000

I agree with you that frozen grapes taste great. It’s funny that not many people knew of this fact.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:41:20 +0000

hey i wanted to pop i and telll you that my class was just talking about dry ice and we were wondering if it is posionouswith punch thanks

Clean dry ice isn't- and there in is the crux. Make sure you have a clean supply, meaning it hasn't been already used and recycled. Dry ice in punch is ok- just don't ingest any chunks of it. --McAuliflower