Here is a simple way to demostrate that you can create liquid carbon dioxide by increasing the pressure on a sample of dry ice. If you can create a pressure of about 5 atmospheres the solid carbon dioxide will undergo a phase change to a liquid. This is actually pretty easy to do using some dry ice powder, some warm water and a common plastic pipette. This is even more fun if you have someone (wearing goggles for safety) closely observe the transition in the glass up close!
How to make liquid carbon dioxide
Submitted by Carl on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 03:17.
