Comments on: Dry Ice-Capades

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:41:05 +0000

The way skating on water ice works is by the blade friction melting the ice, and then “floating” on the water. Since “dry” ice doesn’t pass through the liquid stage (at normal pressures) there is no liquid to float on. Therefore, skating on it wouldn’t work well at all.

By: mrdweeb

mrdweeb — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:48:57 +0000

I’ve got the mercury right here–whoops!–spilled it all over the place.

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:03:03 +0000

Although I don’t think I’ll try the mercury experiment.

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:01:30 +0000

The title made me wonder if the Ice Capades company sued Mechanix Illustrated for trademark infringement!

Although this is an interesting article, since in the last year I’ve been getting chunks of dry ice in my grocery deliveries.

By: Stannous

Stannous — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:54:47 +0000

This is all well and good but the title makes me wonder- could you ice skate on dry ice?

My guess is not (and you sure wouldn’t want to fall) but maybe it would melt just enough from the friction of the skates to avoid sticking.