Carbon Dioxide – Handle With Care

When producing and using CO2 in the almost endless number of applications, we should first consider the safety requirements and hazardous effects of this versatile product; whether this is a liquid, a vapour, or ice.

Liquid and vapour represent a large share of the merchant market in terms of applications for cryogenic freezing, cooling, modified gas packaging and cleaning uses. Dry ice sublimates under a normal atmospheric pressure at -78°C and when in contact with fingers, for example, this means the frostbite of human flesh and of course we have the ever constant hazardous potential with airborne CO2 in environments which are not sufficiently vented…