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by card_zero 700 days ago
So what exactly is visible in dry ice mist (see every 80s pop video)?

Edit: NM, Wikipedia says "condensing water vapor", indeed.

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Yes, it's called dry ice because if you look at a phase diagram, a liquid can't exist at atmospheric pressure, so carbon dioxide ice transitions directly from solid to gas (called sublimating rather than evaporating/melting). One of those neat chemistry things.