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What is the weight of one cubic foot of dry ice?

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It depends on how much ice you have! If you have one kilogram of water, and then freeze it you will have one kilogram of ice. If you are thinking about density (how much volume one kilogram of ice occupies) then it expands as it freezes. 1 litre/gallon of ice weighs less than an identical volume of water. This is unusual because most solids are denser than the liquid phase. See link to Pierce College below for lots more info on water including a temperature/density graph for water/ice. This unusual density change between solid and liquid is important for life because it means ice floats on water. It means that a deep pond stays liquid at the bottom allowing fish to survive through a period when the air temperature is below freezing.

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To find the weight of something when the volume is known, one must know the density.

The density varies with temperature and pressure, so unless we know the exact T and P conditions, it can be difficult to answer your question.

Assuming dry ice (which is frozen carbon dioxide, CO2) has a density of 1.2 to 1.6

kg / (dm^3) and using the built in Google calculator to convert the units to ibs/(ft^3) we discover that dry ice weighs 74.9 pounds to 99.9 pounds per cubic foot.

I used a combination of wikipedia.com and google.com searches to discover the density and do the unit conversions.

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