Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread William Beaty
On Fri, 21 Jan 2022, MSF wrote: It seems as if you are going to do some serious experimenting, and would have to make that 5 hour trek more often than you would like. You could save yourself a lot of time and gasoline if you just made your own dry ice. If the dry ice is coming from a

Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread William Beaty
On Thu, 20 Jan 2022, H LV wrote: Does anyone here have experience transporting and storing dry ice? First, call the seafood section of any local supermarket, and ask if they sell dry ice. If they don't, they probably know who does (since people know to call seafood suppliers when searching

dry ice at Burning Man Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread William Beaty
Buy slab-type, slabs kept in a stack to avoid internal convection. Buy an Al mylar "space blanket" and wrap the slab-stack in many layers. Best is to store the whole thing in a thick styrofoam box placed inside a bigger drinks-cooler. Doing that, you can make 20lbs last for over a week.

Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread MSF
How to make dry ice with a fire extinguisher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLNHDxd6nDc How to make dry ice with a paintball tank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7U2CbxfMMk ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, January 21st, 2022 at 8:08 PM, MSF wrote: > It seems as if you are

Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread MSF
It seems as if you are going to do some serious experimenting, and would have to make that 5 hour trek more often than you would like. You could save yourself a lot of time and gasoline if you just made your own dry ice. It's pretty simple. You can buy the whole setup. It's basically a canvas

Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread Jones Beene
Of interest: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262806145_Blue_Sky_Cooling_for_Parabolic_Trough_Plants

Re: [Vo]:Dry Ice

2022-01-21 Thread H LV
Thanks. The same supplier also makes liquid nitrogen, although if I use liquid nitrogen then I would have to buy a special vessel. For a few years now I have been thinking about redoing a key experiment in the development of radiation theory and then following it up with an experimental