Why do dry ice bombs explode

You should be able to hear it crack, and possibly see the Styrofoam cover jump. Throwing the cover up to a height of about 50cm.

Display the cast-iron fragments, which are about 8 mm thick. Hazards Do not use a glass vessel to hold the dry ice slush. When the bomb ruptures, it will break the glass. Ethanol is flammable so keep away from open flames. Several states including California prohibit them, and possession of any homemade explosive device, including a dry-ice bomb, is considered a felony in Utah.

The U. Department of Transportation and the International Air Transport Association also regulate shipments of dry ice, because they consider it a hazardous material. In May, a portion of Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. In that incident, an employee of Disneyland was arrested for allegedly placing the bomb in a trash can at the park. In July, a man from Redwood City, Calif. Dry ice also has some important industrial and commercial uses, such as freezing and preserving food, degassing storage tanks and blast cleaning, which relies on compressed air and dry-ice pellets.

Your Committee finds that dry ice bombs are most commonly used to simply make a gigantically loud blast, as happened with noticeable frequency last New Year's Eve.

Depending on the size of the container and the amount of dry ice used, dry ice bombs can produce dangerous and potentially hazardous plastic shrapnel. Your Committee further finds that the public health, safety, and welfare necessitates that dry ice bombs be prohibited.

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