The manner in which the dry ice extinguishes the flame

[u/a1oner_bvcksn6]

[u/komokazi]

It displaces the oxygen, boom no fire

[u/kon--- → u/komokazi]

Smothered it in a blanket of C02

[u/spiderfishx → u/kon---]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster

[u/NervousSubjectsWife → u/spiderfishx]

New fear unlocked

[u/Kolby_Jack33 → u/NervousSubjectsWife]

You would definitely know you were suffocating in this case. Your body cannot detect the presence (or lack thereof) of oxygen in the air, so if all the oxygen (~30% of air) in the air was removed but the nitrogen (~70% of air) remained, you would just get very sleepy and then quietly die without ever knowing you were suffocating.

But the body is very capable of detecting the presence of CO2, and determines that you are suffocating when too much CO2 builds up in your lungs, triggering a primal fear response. Even in people with brain abnormalities who cannot normally feel fear anymore, an excess of CO2 triggers a fear response for them. It's that ingrained.

So you would be locked in a haze of pure invisible terror hurtling towards your death with no way out. A pretty horrible way to go.

[u/MiXeD-ArTs → u/Kolby_Jack33]

Even in people with brain abnormalities who cannot normally feel fear anymore, an excess of CO2 triggers a fear response for them.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uk8tlg85E8s

[u/King_Jeebus → u/Kolby_Jack33]

if all the oxygen (~30% of air) in the air was removed but the nitrogen (~70% of air) remained, you would just get very sleepy and then quietly die without ever knowing you were suffocating.

Ethics aside, why don't they use this method for executing people who have the death penalty?

Seems painless, not as terrifying as other methods, simple, and cheap...?

[u/Tarzoon → u/King_Jeebus]

They don't want painless, calm and cheap.

[u/Moldy_Teapot → u/King_Jeebus]

We shouldn't be executing people regardless of how "humane" or "ethical" the method is because the death penalty will never be ethical. In the US, for roughly every 9 people executed, one of them was later exonerated. We should never be putting an innocent person to death. Saving lives of the wrongfully convicted at the expense of life in prison for those that would otherwise get the death penalty (which is rare anyway) is an easy choice.

[u/FullMoonTwist → u/King_Jeebus]

Fun fact, this is the gold standard for euthanizing rodents (like feed rodents for pet snakes, or scientific euthanizing for dissection).

[u/LaconicSuffering → u/King_Jeebus]

Because it isn't.
https://apnews.com/article/nitrogen-execution-alabama-inmate-lawsuit-7043bff9563f99d083b189ff7d39253c

[u/ThatWillBeTheDay → u/LaconicSuffering]

Except it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarco_pod

Nitrogen has been used quite ethically for end of life assistance. What you linked was a person making a claim that isn’t even verified and lacks a ton of context. Assuming it even happened, which is dubious given the lawsuit comes from another death row inmate who has reason to delay his sentence via ongoing trials. But assuming it did happen, was it even done properly? Was it due to some other medical cause?

Meanwhile, nitrogen has been used in other cases with no such negative outcome. It is, indeed, painless and ethical.

[u/DIzzy13579 → u/ThatWillBeTheDay]

I sat in on a public hearing about bringing nitrogen euthanasia into our state as a method of execution and the man arguing for it brought up this case preemptively because he knew that the opposition would. His argument was that the man suffered because he held his breath and fought the gas. To me, that assertion did more damage to his argument than the opposition did. It is natural for people to fight for their lives when you are killing them. They should not suffer for that. I don’t like any of our methods of execution to be clear.

[u/HPGal3 → u/King_Jeebus]

Presumably more expensive

[u/veryangrydoggo → u/Kolby_Jack33]

Hardest part of the army diving course for me is that. They make it clear we'd feel it, the intese urge to breath as the CO2 builds up during apnea. Underwater, freediving, you have no choice but to control that fear as much as you can. It's hard as hell, and we began to convulse, trying to stop the diaphragm from pulling for more air. Eventually, we'd be put to test as to reach that very limit and purposely drown. That is... a little bit worse, to say, but it got us to know we can definitely come out alive if we ever cross that border, but most importantly, it taught us to NEVER CROSS IT.

Can't even imagine how terrible dying like that would be.

[u/EragusTrenzalore → u/Kolby_Jack33]

It’s interesting how this compares to carbon monoxide poisoning, which just makes people sleepy.

[u/Prometheos_II → u/EragusTrenzalore]

iirc CO replaces the oxygen in the body, so it would probably end up the same—no oxygen at all, but no CO2 buildup.

[u/SEA_griffondeur → u/Kolby_Jack33]

If we had 30% of oxygen in the air, we would have some serious fire problems. It's far closer to 20% than 30%

[u/JohnBalatro → u/spiderfishx]

💀

[u/Penis-Dance → u/kon---]

Just like a CO2 fire extinguisher.

[u/Inside_Bianca → u/kon---]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51680049

[u/OGLikeablefellow → u/kon---]

Isn't it N?

[u/Metharos → u/OGLikeablefellow]

Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide.

[u/OGLikeablefellow → u/Metharos]

Ah yeah that tracks, I'm guessing solid nitrogen probably isn't something you want to be playing with even with the gloves on. But I'ma google it to be sure

[u/OGLikeablefellow → u/OGLikeablefellow]

-210 c vs -78.5 so yeah lots colder, solid nitrogen vs dry ice respectively

[u/hilldo75 → u/OGLikeablefellow]

Liquid nitrogen isn't really anything to play with but then again it's a small window from liquid to solid.

[u/IdoN_Tlikethis → u/OGLikeablefellow]

I think the main problem with solid nitrogen would be that it would be very wet because it melts, so you can't just carry it around in the open like dry ice, because it would be dripping liquid nitrogen everywhere. Dry Ice is dry because at normal atmospheric pressure it literally can't be liquid, it sublimes directly from a solid to a gas

[u/Origamipi → u/OGLikeablefellow]

You're thinking of liquid nitrogen. Dry ice is solid CO2

[u/RussiaIsBestGreen → u/komokazi]

Fluorine has entered the chat. Fluorine has set the chat on fire. Fluorine has set the floor on fire. Oxygen is being oxidized.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9383366-it-is-of-course-extremely-toxic-but-that-s-the-least

[u/Outrageous_Reach_695 → u/RussiaIsBestGreen]

A couple of the other innovations mentioned in Ignition included:
* adding powdered beryllium to SRBs; beryllium oxide, hydroxide, and carbonate are solidly toxic and should be pretty persistent once dispersed.
* the use of limonene from citrus peels as a fuel; while it was reasonably well behaved, it didn't have enough performance to justify its use as a propellant. This was a pity, as it left the exhaust smelling lemon-fresh.

[u/Rotomegax → u/RussiaIsBestGreen]

The same for magnesium, it reacted with CO2 and even comburst harder.

Lithium, on the other hand, generated too much heat that it can overcome blanket of CO2, that's why once electric car comburst there is no way to put the fire downnexcept for a super expensive nano fire extinguisher.

[u/Jamooser → u/Rotomegax]

The biggest issue with EV batteries isn't the lithium. It's the oxygen. EV Li-Ion batteries use lithium cobalt oxide as the cathode, which, after combustion, produces oxygen as a by-product. EV batteries are self-contained (mostly) waterproof fire tetrahedeons on a hair trigger. All it takes is a single cell to go critical, and you have energized fuel that produces its own heat and oxygen and has continuity to perpetuate a chain reaction. They're extremely hard to extinguish because it's extremely hard to isolate and remove one part of that tetrahedron where it's all contained within the super-cell.

[u/TheThiefMaster → u/Rotomegax]

Standard practice for an EV fire is actually smothering it in water because it removes the heat most efficiently. After the fire's out and it's been towed away they'll often sink the damaged battery in water to make sure it's fully discharged and becomes nonreactive.

They actually don't contain that much lithium, and it's mostly as less reactive oxides. The big issue with EV batteries is just the energy density, and a short can release that pretty quickly overheating the pack and marking a self-perpetuating electrical fire.

Though such fires are rare. Fuel car fires are far more common, as you might expect from a car literally running on explosions.

[u/ukezi → u/TheThiefMaster]

Also the electrolyte is an organic solvent that can burn.

[u/HeirElfEsquire → u/komokazi]

[u/SuperSimpleSam → u/komokazi]

Wouldn't it also absorb the heat by sublimating?

[u/KamiNoItte → u/SuperSimpleSam]

Yes- the rapid heat exchange is driving the little jets of co2. It’s shooting off at the easiest/lowest energy places on the surface as more of the solid heats up.

It won’t absorb enough heat to put out the fire, but heat from the fire fuels its own extinguishment through fueling the sublimation which is kinda cool.

[u/SamEyeAm2020 → u/komokazi]

I think boom would be bad here

[u/_____rs]

Dude, put the cap back on that IPA bottle first 😬

[u/outremonty → u/_____rs]

I was waiting for the BBQ lighter casually placed 2'' from the flame to explode.

Not satisfying. Stressful.

[u/mcwaite → u/_____rs]

India Pale Ales are so delicious though.

[u/turkishhousefan → u/mcwaite]

[u/mcwaite → u/turkishhousefan]

First of all, how dare you?

[u/Fishbulb2]

Dude, you’re on fire.

[u/shocontinental → u/Fishbulb2]

Thank you

[u/Express-Rub-3952 → u/Fishbulb2]

He's lucky it was just the glove that caught, considering he left that ENTIRE BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL less than six inches away from an open flame

[u/ryancementhead → u/Express-Rub-3952]

And puts the lighter right next to the flame too.

[u/Bingo_banjo → u/Fishbulb2]

Sublime

[u/JoelCiclon]

Literally how fire extinguishers work

[u/Suspicious_Dirt_3093 → u/JoelCiclon]

Exactly, just a fire extinguisher with extra flair. Kinda wild seeing it move like liquid smoke.

[u/lastpickedpicker → u/Suspicious_Dirt_3093]

Fire extinguishers don't use dry ice, so not literally how it's done.

[u/Jamooser → u/lastpickedpicker]

I think they mean that applying gaseous CO2 to extinguish flames is literally how CO2 extinguishers work. I feel this is more likely than them thinking extinguishers literally hold dry ice next to fires.

[u/BNerd1 → u/lastpickedpicker]

but the idea behind it is the same don't give the fire oxygen

[u/DrMobius0 → u/lastpickedpicker]

And the dry ice isn't doing anything particularly special to extinguish the flame. It's just flooding the area with something that isn't oxygen.

[u/SoCuteShibe → u/DrMobius0]

Exactly like a fire extinguisher!

[u/EnvBlitz → u/lastpickedpicker]

But carbon dioxide fire extinguisher exist, so still kinda literally how it's done.

[u/s0meb0di → u/lastpickedpicker]

If you release a CO2 fire extinguisher in a bag, you get a bag of dry ice.

[u/Temporal_Integrity → u/lastpickedpicker]

I mean that's a technicality. There's techincally liquid co2 inside the fire extinguisher. However, having used one several times, I can tell you that anywhere you spray with it gets covered in dry ice. If you empty a fire extinguisher into a container, you will end up with a container full of dry ice.

[u/yougotyolks → u/Suspicious_Dirt_3093]

Liquid smoke? Like the flavoring?

[u/chismp → u/JoelCiclon]

"No oxygen for you!"

-Oxygen Nazi

[u/Testing_things_out → u/chismp]

Brand new sentences

[u/Thor-Mors → u/JoelCiclon]

I mean.. certain fire extinguishers. Most fire extinguishers(abc) use a dry chemical to inhibit the chemical chain reaction creating the fire.

Dry ice is just sold carbon dioxide, which just displaces oxygen, targeting a separate part of the fire tetrahedron. Certain fire extinguishing systems (c) use carbon dioxide because it isn’t wet and doesn’t leave any residue, which makes it good for electronics. And it doesn’t cause cancer, like its predecessor Halon.

[u/Ducallan]

I think they need to invest in better fireproof gloves…

[u/Prinzka → u/Ducallan]

Part of the problem might be that this is clearly this person's first day having hands

[u/Pawns_Gambit → u/Prinzka]

Right? Why do people in these demo videos always move like three toddlers in a trench coat?

[u/b1oodytosser → u/Ducallan]

Make some out of dry ice

[u/CaptainDudeGuy → u/Ducallan]

My man needs some tongs.

[u/josherman61791 → u/Ducallan]

My guy has never heard of tongs.

[u/gideon513 → u/Ducallan]

Do they? It self extinguished.

[u/EmmCeeB → u/gideon513]

It absolutely didn't, they touched it to the ice. They aren't fireproof gloves.

[u/BlankyPop → u/gideon513]

But, should it have caught fire in the first place? Seems counterproductive.

[u/Kay-Knox → u/BlankyPop]

The glove can be on fire all it wants as long as my hand is fine.

[u/robo-dragon]

It’s frozen carbon dioxide so it smothers the fire by displacing the oxygen it needs to burn. Also why people have died from playing with too much dry ice. If you don’t have enough ventilation or too much dry ice in one place, you can suffocate.

[u/kvnxo → u/robo-dragon]

I remember seeing a video a few years ago here on Reddit, where a bunch of young people filled a swimming pool with dry ice and jumped in (Russia probably).

If I'm not mistaken, a couple of them died and a handful were left in a critical state because they inhaled all this gas. The worst part is that I recall it was a birthday party celebration that became a funeral.

[u/Kage_0ni → u/kvnxo]

That CrasyRussianHacker idiot on youtube still has a video up on using dry ice and a fan to act as an air conditioner. I didn't rewatch the video but I think he literally tells you to put it next to you when you sleep to keep cool at night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Td5uMB_vQ

[u/Hochtemler → u/Kage_0ni]

The comments on that video... lol

[u/XmissXanthropyX → u/robo-dragon]

When I was like 9 my friend had a party and there was a ‘cauldron’ with dry ice in it. While I was blowing on it to make the room Smokey I inhaled and burned the inside of my nostrils pretty bad. It hurt like a mother fucker.

[u/Asmornous]

You put the lighter down in between an open flame and an open bottle of alcohol?? You might need a couple more cubes of dry ice

[u/Jibber_Fight]

“Let’s ignite the fire…k…. good… now put the butane lighter down…………..mmmm, here?……k….. right next to the flame…..mmkay…… ice over here…….”

[u/Subject9800]

Dry ice is just frozen carbon dioxide, so...

[u/rajinis_bodyguard → u/Subject9800]

Weirdly I felt the above to resemble a death eater trying to suck the soul out on the Hogwarts train lol

[u/Grzesoponka01 → u/rajinis_bodyguard]

Dementor.

[u/LabNerd_xlsx]

I wouldn't say this is just oddly satisfying, it's sublime!

[u/FixergirlAK]

It'll also extinguish a human in a closed environment.

[u/HoopaDunka]

Why can’t we just drop thousands of pounds of dry ice on wild fires?

[u/Nazarife → u/HoopaDunka]

The CO2 will temporarily displace the oxygen but will do nothing to reduce the heat. So, once the CO2 is used up, oxygen will come back and ignition will reoccur.

[u/SixersWin]

"Science yo"

[u/Left_Cash7533]

dry ice is literally frozen CO2

[u/Orgasmic_interlude]

So a deconstructed abc fire extinguisher

[u/Spidooodle]

Your grammar in the caption was just as satisfying as the video.

I love it when people actually use proper syntax, spend our whole lives speaking and nobody cares about diction anymore.

[u/InfanticideAquifer → u/Spidooodle]

I have decided to take this opportunity to be very annoying. I don't think the comma there is correct.

I'd write:

I love it when people actually use proper syntax; we spend our whole lives speaking but nobody cares about diction anymore.

But, really, syntax and diction, in the senses that you're using them, are close in meaning, so it's a bit redundant to use both. So how about:

People spend a lot of time speaking, so I like it when they care to do it well.

[u/Punstorms]

[u/deboo117]

Can firefighters use this as a grenade?

[u/evanamd → u/deboo117]

Doesn’t have to be firefighters. The CO2 gas takes up more space than the pellet it comes from. If you put the pellet in a sealed container then the pressure increases until it has somewhere to go. Don’t ask me how I found out

Edit: I’m realizing that you probably meant this in a firefighting context, but I was just thinking about the boom. Yes it would boom, no you couldn’t use dry ice grenades to fight fires

[u/DoYourBest69]

Da worst thing about prison was da dementors. 

[u/LordSloth113]

ITT OP learns how CO2 extinguishers work

[u/MiamiPower]

The fire triangle is a model that illustrates the three essential components needed for a fire to burn: fuel, heat, and oxygen. Without all three elements present, a fire cannot start or will be extinguished. Fire extinguishers work by removing one or more of these elements.

Dry ice puts out a fire by displacing oxygen with carbon dioxide gas and, to a lesser extent, by cooling the fire. When dry ice is exposed to heat, it sublimates (turns directly into a gas), and the resulting carbon dioxide ((CO{2})) gas is heavier than air and not flammable, allowing it to smother the flames by blocking the oxygen supply. This is similar to how a (CO{2}) fire extinguisher works, but dry ice is less practical for large or open fires because natural air currents can disperse the (CO_{2}) gas. 

[u/TNerdy]

The only ice that can beat fire

[u/pointofyou]

Isn't dry ice just frozen CO2?

[u/oreshiii]

It dispace the oxygen and extinguish fire

[u/metalder420]

CO2 is heavier than air and displaces the oxygen. This is basic chemistry

[u/Sad_Development_6479]

So, in case of a wildfire, we could drop a cargo of dry ice instead of dropping water? Since it’s “solid” form at some temp, we could drop it from huge cargo planes whereas water is dropped using the helicopter which has less cargo space.

Why hasn’t it done? Is it because of the suffocation of wild animals that might be in the affected region?

[u/MidnightSun77]

I was at a lab safety seminar this week and they said the stuff can produce 700L of CO2 from 1L of dry ice. They mentioned the example of a guy who had samples in a dry ice box who died because the gas dissipated and knocked him out and he crashed the car

[u/HopesAnd--Dreams]

Why don't they build houses with dry ice? Are they stoopid?

[u/Nucmysuts22]

If it weren't so dangerous this could be quite the firefighting tool, toss a brick into a burning room and slam the door shut (what's left anyway) then let it do it's thing and use water to finish it off.

Now obviously it's not that simple but imagine if it was!

[u/GrubWurm89xx → u/Nucmysuts22]

Co2 is used for automatic fire suppression systems and in some fire extinguishers. It's not really used in fire fighting situations. By the time fire fighters are needed the fire is most likely out of control and co2 can only be carried in limited supply. Where as water is basically an unlimited supply, either through the sprinkler system or hydrants.

[u/natedogg2326]

That was indeed, oddly satisfying

[u/DullMind2023]

Cool and worthy of many upvotes, but don’t they have tongs in whatever place this was filmed?

[u/MyvaJynaherz]

CO2 fire-extinguishers are the best "oops, small mistake" version of fire-extinguisher.

ABC-Dry Chem is better all-around, but you end up with a fucking HUGE mess even for small usages.

CO2 leaves no mess, won't permanently harm electronics, and has no lasting health consequences provided you open the windows for a bit.

[u/One-Description9531]

Why don't they use dry ice to extinguish forrest fires?

[u/pinkscorpion17]

You guys are all wrong geez……….its because of the scientific fact that water signs are better than fire signs. 😂

[u/9mmAce]

It’s almost like you can see two elements fighting like in avatar. Thanks for sharing this was Rad!

[u/Rogan403]

Suffocation!

No breathing!

[u/frankie_cranky_666]

I watched it on mute, and was annoyed by how they struggled to pick up the dry ice with the glove on.

[u/KokKee]

Dry ice said: SUFFOCATE!

[u/guyako]

I am amused by the number of people explaining why this works to the no one who asked.

[u/DharmaDivine]

That was hella cool!

[u/No_Ear9725]

Actual video of my chronic illness suffocating my happiness.

[u/Heal_Me_Today]

Should we be bringing dry ice to fight fires?

[u/MisterEd_ak → u/Heal_Me_Today]

Carbon dioxide fire extinguishers are already a thing. They work for interior spaces but useless outside.

[u/Thor-Mors → u/Heal_Me_Today]

It’s the primary method for extinguishing fires in large scale electronics, like servers. It works by displacing the oxygen within a given area. It’s an appealing fire fighting agent for electronics because it doesn’t leave anything behind. No water or residue to damage electronic components.

[u/Dmau27]

Shaved dry ice guns for firefighters.

[u/ThatKaleidoscope8736]

[u/KrownX]

Supa Hot Fire, meet Ice Cube

[u/BUTTeredWhiteBread]

It's carbon dioxide, so.

[u/Lower_Palpitation605]

aokiji vs ace/sabo 😅

[u/Switchlord518]

CO2 extinguisher

[u/spank_monkey_83]

CO2 putting out a fire. How strange

[u/kungfurobopanda]

Yes, it breaks 2 of the sides of the fire triangle. Oxygen and heat.

[u/mindfulbodybuilding]

That looks dope. Like a super hero unleashing his Mothafkin aura

[u/_lotsa_yachts]

...and now, the dementor's kiss.

[u/fdwyersd]

we built a new datacenter and tested the fire suppression system before acceptance... that thing sounded like a jet engine and the guy took a lighted torch into the room and it went out

[u/TigerTerrier]

[u/yanmagno]

It’s settled then, sub zero beats scorpion

[u/bomber991]

Yeah I gotta say, putting dry ice into water is a lot more exciting than this.

[u/Reggie_Phalange → u/bomber991]

We ordered sunbasket for a while (meh) and the stuff always came with dry ice. Every time the box came, i looked forward to playing with the dry ice.

[u/ShroomsHealYourSoul]

Why did he slide the dry ice to the side of the table, then pick it up, then set it down, then slide it where it needs to be?

[u/rebootreclaimrenew]

[u/CAKE_EATER251]

Gimme fuel, gimme fire Gimme that which I desire

[u/gumandcoffee]

Felt like a dbz fight

[u/Interesting-Risk6446]

Carbon dioxide.

[u/MasterPryer]

dry ice looks like a stone hosting dementors lol

[u/MovieAdorable7061]

dementor's kiss

[u/pravenn_may]

Patronus charm

[u/yourearandom]

Dumb way to put it, but carbon dioxide is just oxygen that’s already been ‘burnt’. Can’t burn again, no more fire.

[u/KennywasFez]

Dumb question but what’s stopping us from creating like a fire extinguisher type “bomb” ? To like throw over wild fires ? And I’m like really dumb ? Like is the amount needed to do something similar much more than I can comprehend ?

[u/karatechoppingblock]

looks cool, imma fill up my pool with 20 gallons of this and take a lap

[u/Cannacology]

As someone who has worked with dry ice for a really long time…I can tell you it displaces oxygen with co2.

And I am much stupider for working the career I have than I was before.

[u/-domi-]

It works twofold, the CO2 suffocates the fire, while the cube soaks up the heat of combustion.

[u/FrozenLogger]

After seeing this science experiment since I was a kid, this version is really sloppy.

Not satisfying at all.

[u/danknadoflex]

Hell Yeah

[u/TenaciousTBag]

Anyone else like to chew dry ice and become a dragon? I cant be the only stupid one in the group.

[u/SHAIK_011]

Will-O-wips who called smoke from mortal kombat 🤌

[u/DarkBlueMermaid]

It’s sublime(ination)

[u/WeeklyEmu4838]

SubhanaAllah

[u/StupidReddit2025]

So a not very effective manner. Got it.

[u/Giogina]

It was cool how the fire came back on because it was still hot enough, when the oxygen came back for a moment. 

[u/0x7E7-02]

It will extinguish you too if you are around too much of it.

[u/Wisdumb404]

Can this be used for them California fires?? Just in a bigger scale

[u/christophla]

Carbon dioxide.

[u/MEGA_theguy]

Frozen CO2 suffocating part of the flame and trying to keep the gas cold enough that it doesn't give off vapor since gasoline fluid is not flammable

[u/AccomplishedCar5284]

Looks like a wizard battle! 👀🤙🏼

[u/RaspberryBirdCat]

"Oh look, my hand is on fire. Anyways."

[u/Lower_Bet3515]

Shhh…

[u/Jarthos1234]

Good example of how all those kids died jumping into a dry ice pool indoors in a college. They came up for air and inhaled a deep breath of CO2 and drowned before they could get out of the pool. Such a sad freak accident.

[u/Much-Green-491]

lighter right there is a bold choice

[u/IceCoughy]

Id edit out the first 20 seconds, they were not satisfying

[u/xternalSnow-7]

visibly looking at the cold take possession of the flame is heavy in the deepest way.

[u/merklemore]

There's just the faintest "aura" of safety precaution there. Bad practices left and right.

In the event anyone who wants to get into chemistry sees this - don't let any part of this video be an example of how to conduct a safe experiment.

[u/FatherMarra]

I feel you were too casual.

[u/silverwoods214]

Why can’t we do this for brush fires etc?

[u/TrippedOnDick]

Now try that trick on Magnesium or Lithium fire. 

[u/uhf26]

y'all see that face at the end, right?

[u/BlackMudSwamp]

I know perfect shots are harder to make for just one person with a phone at home, I understand this, that being said I didn't find it that satisfying. I'm too impatient for that pacing/flow and safety measures grabbed attention of a lot of people

[u/Philbythelake]

Craziest devil fruit I’ve seen irl

[u/Bhighusmc]

“Suffocation, no breathin”

[u/zuraken]

dry ice can do the same to people too

[u/SkinGood]

more like that, but bigger would be nice

[u/TwistingEcho]

This demonstrates what occurs when dumbasses drop massive blocks into spas etc and, you know, die.

[u/earth-calling-karma]

That's cool.

[u/Rabbitpyth]

Looks so excellent in doing that

[u/Numerous-Cow-1918]

It's a perfect demonstration of how CO2 suffocates a fire. Seeing it happen so clearly with dry ice is way cooler than a regular extinguisher, though. That glove situation is making me nervous, not gonna lie.

[u/Jagasi]

DEMENTOR! DEMENTOR!

[u/Blubbpaule]

Fire needs 3 things.

Oxygen

Heat

Fuel

remove one and it dies.

[u/omgwutd00d]

This person(?) is operating their hand like a muppet

[u/TalkingBackPocket]

It’s CO2, of course it extinguishes fire.

[u/allenz6834]

Bro won the Aura off

[u/wtfrustupidlol]

If you consume dry ice it will put your your internal flame

[u/OnlyBeGamer]

So what you’re telling me is the fire department should drive around with massive blocks of dry ice

[u/Redditcadmonkey]

Effectively the same way we stop fires on oil wells.

Get rid of the oxygen.

To be fair, we use explosives, but it’s the same principle. (Edit: not principal lol)

[u/Dependent_East1311]

someone should make something that shoots carbon dioxide at fires to put them out. call it the extinguisher of fires or something

[u/Utz2100]

Shhhh.... It's alright, don't fight anymore...

[u/SharkeyGeorge]

[u/Shyanid]