Dry Ice
We make it right here in McKees Rocks as you need it.
How does that help you?
Dry Ice sublimates (goes from solid to a gas) at 10% or 5-10 pounds every 24 hrs, whichever is greater - call in order, we make it, you pick it up - minimum sublimation - less waste!
Bring your own cooler or purchase a container from us.
We also deliver orders of 25 pounds or more and have rental storage containers available.
Safety Tips
- Store in Insulated container without a tight seal (gas expands 800 times ice volume). Do not store dry ice in your refrigerator freezer in an enclosed area.
- Never touch dry ice with exposed skin. It's -109.3 degrees. Use gloves when handling or you could get freeze burn.
- When transporting, make sure windows are open for ventilation. (containers do not have tight seal & over time CO2 displaces oxygen)
- MSDS Sheets are available from us.
Did you know?
- Dry Ice is an entirely natural product. It is the generic name for carbon dioxide.
- In its solid form, frozen at -109.3 degrees F, or -79.5 decrees C.
- Dry Ice was not invented. It was discovered.
- Dry Ice does no melt - it sublimates.
- Sublimation is the process of going directly from a solid to a gas, giving it its name "Dry" Ice.
- Dry Ice gives more than twice the cooling energy per pound of weight and three times the cooling energy per volume than the regular water ice (H2O).
- The most important advantage of dry ice may well be the fact that after evaporation, no residue is left as in the case for water ice.
Dry Ice sublimation (changing from a solid to a gas) will vary depending on the temperature, air pressure and thickness of insulation. The more Dry Ice you have stored in the container, the longer it will last. Dry ice at -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit or -78.5 degrees Celsius, will freeze and keep frozen everything in the container until completely sublimated. These particular frozen items will take some extra time to thaw because they will have been so cold.
Time in Transit (amount of dry ice suggested) |
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| Weight in frozen food | 4 hours | 12 hours | 24 hours | 48 hours | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 LB | 1 LBS Dry Ice | 3 LBS Dry Ice | 6 LBS Dry Ice | 8 LBS Dry Ice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 LB | 2 LBS Dry Ice | 4 LBS Dry Ice | 7 LBS Dry Ice | 12 LBS Dry Ice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 LB | 3 LBS Dry Ice | 5 LBS Dry Ice | 10 LBS Dry Ice | 15 LBS Dry Ice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 LB | 5 LBS Dry Ice | 8 LBS Dry Ice | 15 LBS Dry Ice | 25 LBS Dry Ice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 LB | 10 LBS Dry Ice | 15 LBS Dry Ice | 30 LBS Dry Ice | 45 LBS Dry Ice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Sublimation Rates: 10% or 5-10 LBS every 24 hours, whichever is greater.
- An insulated Ice chest is the recommended package for best results when transporting in your own vehicle - no tight seal containers due to gas expansion 800 times dry ice volume.
- Make sure windows are open for ventilation if transporting in a passenger vehicle. (Dry Ice sublimates to form CO2, which displaces the oxygen in air).
- Use gloves when handling to avoid freeze burn.
- The most important advantage of dry ice may well be the fact that after evaporation no residue is left as in the case for water ice - no mess.
COMMERCIAL SHIPPING REFRIGERATED OR FROZEN ITEMS
First
and foremost a good insulated container is needed. Styrofoam coolers from
the grocery store rarely work. They break easily and are not the right
shape for shipping. A thick polystyrene box like Omaha Steak uses, a high
quality urethane insulated box or the newest box from Control Temp Packaging
will reduce the amount of dry ice needed and allow extended shipping times.
Next is the shipping temperature. Use dry ice for shipping FROZEN goods, as dry ice will freeze everything in the shipping box. Use gel packs or blue ice for goods to be REFRIGERATED. A combination of dry ice and gel packs will extend the shipping time by several days if the shipping items can be frozen for a short time or thawed for a short time. When packing items in the container fill the empty space with wadded newspaper or Styrofoam peanuts as any “dead air space” will cause the dry ice to sublimate faster. For Cooling only - Place a small amount of dry ice in the bottom of your vented cooler, cover with newspaper and then wet ice cubes, and pack the cooler. Depending on outside temperature, the hold time will be four to five days (1 part dry ice / 4 parts wet ice).
If you are looking for a cleaning process which is not abrasive and respectful of the environment (no reprocessing of cleaning products). Dry Ice cleaning may be your answer.
Used in the following industries :
Electronics, Optical, Biomedical, Food & Beverage, Automotive and Transportation, Energy, Space and Aeronautics , Chemicals, Cosmetics, Plastics processing industry, Rubber, Wood, Printing offices, Foundries, Glass Manufacturing, Papers and Cardboards.
Working principles :
The process consists in throwing particles of dry ice on the surfaces to be cleaned.
The impact of the dry ice particles allows to conjugate three effects. :
- A weak mechanical shock with a compression wave disconnecting the pollution of the support
- A thermic shock, (the dry ice temperature being - 78°C) which is going to weaken the pollution
- A blowing effect connected to the sublimation of the CO2 is going to eliminate the pollution