Dry Ice Products

What is Dry Ice?

Dry Ice Supplier - Forms of Dry Ice Dry ice is pure, solid carbon dioxide (CO2). As a gas, CO2 exists naturally in our environment.

Dry ice keeps items colder for much longer than traditional “wet ice” because dry ice is extremely cold, -109 degrees F (-78.5° C). Dry ice sublimates into carbon dioxide gas instead of melting, leaving no liquid mess to clean up which is why dry ice blasting is a popular and environmentally friendly way to clean.

Manufacturing Dry Ice - How to Make Dry Ice

To manufacture dry ice, gaseous carbon dioxide (CO2) is first pressurized and refrigerated to form liquid CO2, which is allowed to expand in an atmospheric chamber. When CO2 converts from liquid CO2 to gas, there is an extreme drop in temperature. This causes some of the gas to freeze, yielding both snow-like CO2 and vapor CO2. The “snow” is then hydraulically pressed into dry ice blocks and pellets.

The CO2 vapor produced during the production of dry ice is captured and recycled using a recovery system to maximize the yield of dry ice from each pound of liquid CO2. This is the most cost-effective way to produce dry ice, a cost savings we pass on to our dry ice customers.

Forms of Dry Ice

Pacific Dry Ice produces dry ice in the following forms:

	High Density Dry Ice Pellets • 1/8" diameter dry ice pellets • For use in dry ice blast cleaning systems. • For use in certain food processing applications.	Dry ice pellets are available wrapped in poly or bags.
	BioCut • 5" x 5" x 2" • Used primarily in the Biotech medical and food shipping business
	Dry Ice Standard Pellets • 5/8" diameter dry ice pellets • Used primarily in frozen food applications • Used in meat processing plants • Used for transportation of blood plasma and lab specimens
	Slabs of Dry Ice • Most common 10x10x2 (10 lbs) • Dry ice available in custom sizes processed and packaged to customer specifications. • Dry ice may be wrapped in kraft paper or in poly.	Dry ice slabs are available wrapped in poly or bags.
	Block of Dry Ice • Standard dry ice block measures 10" x 10" x 12" • Approximately 60 lbs. each • Used for frozen food applications, especially in shipping ice cream. • Used in grocery warehouses	Dry ice slabs are available wrapped in poly or bags.