Re: NANFA-L-- Jedi Fishin'

dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
Tue, 24 May 2005 14:08:43 -0500

But didn't the cap pop, admittedly with enough noise to be startling,
but not a great concussion? That's what I think would happen with the
dry ice in a bottle, even a screw cap bottle. Either it would "pop the
top," or the gas would break the seal and leak out.

Dave

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----- Original Message -----
From: EELReprah-in-aol.com
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:59 pm
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Jedi Fishin'

>
> In a message dated 5/24/05 2:50:16 PM, dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu writes:
>
> << But I would think (a physical scientist needs to help me here)
> that the partial pressure in the bottle would quickly bring the
> sublimation into equilibrium if the bottle was sealed tightly
> enough to
> hold the pressure well enough to generate explosive force, and so
> there
> would be no explosion. >>
>
> I have had tightly sealed beer bottles explode from CO2 pressure
> because
> there was too much residual sugar for secondary fermentation.
>
> Lee Harper
> Media, PA
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