no you have to freeze it to make it solid. it is really cold and you should try to make ice cream with it it really works
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide goes from a solid phase to a gaseous phase without becoming a liquid and that transition is called sublimation.
Solids typically melt to liquids before boiling into a gas. However, when a solid goes directly from a solid to a gas, the process is called sublimation. Iodine and dry ice are two common examples of substances that sublimate at room temperature.
It is called "dry" because when heat is given, it sublimes (turns from a solid into a gas). This is different from actual ice that turns from a solid to a liquid. It is called "ice" because solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) is very cold, similar to ice.
By evaporation
Gas can be turned into solid by a process called deposition. This involves cooling the gas (such as carbon dioxide) to a temperature where it directly changes from gas to solid without becoming a liquid first. The resulting solid is what is commonly referred to as dry ice.
To cause a solid or gas to change state without becoming a liquid, you can utilize processes like sublimation and deposition. Sublimation occurs when a solid transitions directly to a gas, bypassing the liquid phase, as seen with dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) turning into carbon dioxide gas. Conversely, deposition is the reverse process, where gas transitions directly into a solid without becoming liquid, such as frost forming from water vapor in cold air. These phase changes are influenced by temperature and pressure conditions.
This process is called sublimation. Some common substances that exhibit sublimation are dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) and camphor.
Dry air is a gas
Condensation is changing from a gas to a liquid. In sublimation, substance goes directly from solid to gas without ever becoming a liquid. Moth balls and dry ice both do that.
This process is called sublimation. Sublimation involves the direct transition of a substance from a solid state to a gaseous state without becoming a liquid in between. Examples of substances that undergo sublimation include dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) and iodine.
One way to obtain dry solid from a liquid is by a process called evaporation. This involves heating the liquid to allow the water to vaporize, leaving behind the solid component in its dry form. Another method is precipitation, where addition of a chemical can cause the dissolved solid to come out of solution and form solid particles that can be separated from the liquid.
SUBLIMATION: It is a process in which a solid instead of changing into liquid state changes directly into gaseous state upon heating. MELTING: It is a process in which a solid at its melting point changes into liquid state upon heating.