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  2. Dry ice - Wikipedia

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    Examples of materials removed include ink, glue, oil, paint, mold and rubber. Dry ice blasting can replace sandblasting, steam blasting, water blasting or solvent blasting. The primary environmental residue of dry ice blasting is the sublimed CO 2, thus making it a useful technique where residues from other blasting techniques are undesirable. [32]

  3. Dry-ice blasting - Wikipedia

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    Dry-ice blasting is nonabrasive, non-conductive, nonflammable, and non-toxic. Dry-ice blasting is an efficient [3] [verification needed] cleaning method. Dry ice is made of reclaimed carbon dioxide that is produced from other industrial processes, and is an approved media by the EPA, FDA and USDA. It also reduces or eliminates employee exposure ...

  4. Here's Everything You Need to Know About Dry Ice - AOL

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    Dry ice seems so magical, and it is! Follow these rules when handling it to stay safe on Halloween however you use it: in drinks, punch bowls, and more.

  5. Project Stormfury - Wikipedia

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    The seeding B-17 flew along the rainbands of the hurricane, and dropped nearly 180 pounds (82 kilograms) of crushed dry ice into the clouds. [1] The crew reported "Pronounced modification of the cloud deck seeded". [5] It is not known if that was due to the seeding. Next, the hurricane changed direction and made landfall near Savannah, Georgia.

  6. Why ice loss in the Arctic is threatening polar bear populations

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    "It's important, because it's a complete transformation of the ecosystem," Lehner said. The Western Hudson Bay polar bears are off the ice for a month longer than their parents and grandparents.

  7. Snow - Wikipedia

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    Ice dams on roofs form when accumulated snow on a sloping roof melts and flows down the roof, under the insulating blanket of snow, until it reaches below freezing temperature air, typically at the eaves. When the meltwater reaches the freezing air, ice accumulates, forming a dam, and snow that melts later cannot drain properly through the dam ...

  8. Why salt melts ice — and how to use it on your sidewalk - AOL

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    Ice has a semi-liquid surface layer; When you mix salt onto that layer, it slowly lowers its melting point.. The more surface area salt can cover, the better the chances for melting ice.. Ice ...

  9. Phases of ice - Wikipedia

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    The total internal energy of ice XI is about one sixth lower than ice I h, so in principle it should naturally form when ice I h is cooled to below 72 K. The low temperature required to achieve this transition is correlated with the relatively low energy difference between the two structures. [ 100 ]