She Almost Blinded Them With Science

[southerngale]

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia - Seventh grade students learned the hard way that dry ice is not a toy after one girl tried to combine water with the frozen carbon dioxide. The science class was working on a volcano theme last Thursday when the girl took a plastic container of dry ice from behind the teacher's desk and added water to it. The result was a loud bang and shards of flying plastic. Many of the students that had gathered to watch the experiment had to be sent to the hospital. One had to have two stitches to close a cut on the hand, and five others were treated for ringing in their ears. All were fine by the next morning and the girl apologized. "Forces of nature are not something to play around with and dry ice is not something to play around with," said school Superintendent Ron Bennett.

[stormraiser]

When I'm dancing close to her
"Blinding me with science - science!"
I can smell the chemicals
"Blinding me with science - science!"
"Science!"
"Science!"

[Amanzi]

lol stormraiser!

When we had a party when I was a kid, my uncle always put dry ice into a metal bucket (im not sure if he put water in them or not, and after reading that I dont think I will experiement to find out!) It made this really neat smoke effect... great for a halloween witches cauldren!

[GalvestonDuck]

He probably didn't need to add water. Dry ice doesn't "melt" in the traditional sense of the word - going from solid to liquid. It sublimates (goes directly from solid form to gaseous form), unlike regular ice which melts from solid to liquid and then liquid to gas (evaporation).

If it's really cold outside, you can dry wet clothes because the water freezes and them sublimates.

[Aslkahuna]

mixed the two in an enclosed container which is why it blew since normally
dry ice mixed with water will not explode in an open container. However, Baking Soda and Vinegar makes a better volcano experiment for Elementary School Students.

Steve

[Josephine96]

I know this may be kinda cruel.. But I'm trying hard not to laugh about that story..

Can you say BOOM

[coriolis]

He probably didn't need to add water. Dry ice doesn't "melt" in the traditional sense of the word - going from solid to liquid. It sublimates (goes directly from solid form to gaseous form), unlike regular ice which melts from solid to liquid and then liquid to gas (evaporation).

If it's really cold outside, you can dry wet clothes because the water freezes and them sublimates.

Yeah, what she said.

[Winnipesaukee]

I love putting dry ice in water. I've done it plenty of times and have yet to have the need to pull shrapnel out of my body. As Aslkahuna stated, it must have been a closed box or something.

[wx247]

Well, I learned a lot from this thread... and not just from the original article either.