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Snuffing Out Candles With Carbon Dioxide
TBC

A cool thing to do if you have leftover dry ice is to snuff out candles using just carbon dioxide. You put dry ice in a jar and let it sublimate. The carbon dioxide will remain in the jug, as the density of CO2 is around 1.98 kg/m3, making it denser than the average density.

4 November 2016
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