What if I touched dry ice?
Posted by staff / April 26, 2010
If you were to touch dry ice, it wouldn’t be anything like touching water ice. So what’s it like? Is it hot or cold? And would it leave a mark?
If you ever have to handle dry ice, you want to be sure to wear heavy gloves, because a block of dry ice has a surface temperature of -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit (-78.5 degrees C). The super-cold surface temperature can easily damage your skin if you touch it directly.
Full article at HowStuffWorks.com.
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