solid carbon dioxide

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If there is solid carbon dioxide in these cold traps, it could help with the production of fuel, steel and other biomaterials on the Moon.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2021

Likewise, solid carbon dioxide does not melt at 1 atm pressure but instead sublimes to yield gaseous CO2.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

A popular effect is the making of “smoke” from dry ice, which is solid carbon dioxide.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

He described the properties and uses of "dry ice," as this commercial solid carbon dioxide is called from the fact that it forms a gas instead of a liquid when it melts.

From Time Magazine Archive

The filter paper is to prevent the mercury from sticking to the dish; the ether dissolves the solid carbon dioxide and promotes its rapid conversion into gas.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William