I've heard that people use dry ice with drinks, but I'm wondering how safe that is. Since dry ice is carbon dioxide, isn't that dangerous?
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Hi there, and welcome to health.SE! We like to have clearly asked questions here, maybe with a bit more information like background of the question too. For example, maybe you're preparing a punch bowl for a dinner, and want to add dry ice to it or perhaps you're just curious about swallowing a cube of dry ice (bad idea). I've edited it to say what I think you meant to ask. Feel free to roll back any changes or make some more. I'll try to answer this by today.– Dave LiuNov 23, 2015 at 20:16
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I want to get answer because we having restaurant I want to put in to menu– user2146Nov 24, 2015 at 7:06
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1The Chemistry Stackexchange has an answer on this one: chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/788/…– YviDeNov 25, 2015 at 18:02
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In addition to the extreme cold of dry ice when it warms and becomes a gas again it gains volume rapidly. If it is in your stomach you will inflate to fatal levels. There are many cases where this has happened. If you are drinking a beverage with dry ice in it make sure it has all evaporated (melted). It is used because of the 'cool' steam it gives of as it heats.
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http://chemistry.about.com/od/dryice/f/Why-Is-Dry-Ice-Dangerous.htm
Similar thread
http://www.instructables.com/answers/Is-drinking-water-with-dry-ice-in-it-dangerous/
The volume increase with sublimation is the same as liquid nitrogen:
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