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Lesson: Chapter 16 — Changes of Matter

16.5. Carbon dioxide 5 of 8

Question 5

Why is solid carbon dioxide called "dry ice"?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Because on warming it turns straight into a gas without melting. So in use it leaves no wetness behind as ice would.

At about −77 °C it is very much colder than ice, not warmer. And it is made of CO2, not of water.

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