Dry ice blasting
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Dry ice blasting is the use of the solid form of carbon dioxide ("dry ice") as an abrasive blasting medium. | Dry ice blasting is the use of the solid form of carbon dioxide ("dry ice") as an abrasive blasting medium. | ||
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The main advantage of dry ice is that it doesn't leave any residue, because dry ice sublimates at room temperature. It's a relatively mild blasting media, used for cleaning electric motors and other delicate parts where the introduction of blasting media could be disadvantageous. Dry ice does not leave an anchor pattern. | The main advantage of dry ice is that it doesn't leave any residue, because dry ice sublimates at room temperature. It's a relatively mild blasting media, used for cleaning electric motors and other delicate parts where the introduction of blasting media could be disadvantageous. Dry ice does not leave an anchor pattern. | ||
| + | Dry ice blasting is the process of shooting very small pellets of dry ice at a substrate. When the dry ice hits the substrate, they immediately sublimate causing the debris to be blasted off. | ||
==Videos== | ==Videos== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| + | *[http://dryicenetwork.com DryIceNetwork.com - Dry ice information source ] | ||
*http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/once-all-wiki-soda-blasting-162700-3.html | *http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/once-all-wiki-soda-blasting-162700-3.html | ||
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice_blasting | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice_blasting | ||
*[http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=199604570618MD&q=&uid=788180023&setcookie=yes Dry ice blasting for paint stripping and surface preparation] | *[http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=199604570618MD&q=&uid=788180023&setcookie=yes Dry ice blasting for paint stripping and surface preparation] | ||
| + | *[http://dryiceinfo.com DryIceInfo.com] | ||
==Related== | ==Related== | ||
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