Does CO2 float or sink?

[Shawn]

If you release CO2 into the atmosphere does it float or sink?

 

[Pepsi90919]

it implodes

 

[The Godfather]

it smells funny

 

[mchammer]

lllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrooooyyyyy jenkkkkkinsssssss

"at least I got chicken"

 

[loup garou]

Who farted?

 

[StrangerGuy]

It gives me an orgasm.

 

[Chompman]

CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) --- Gas produced by fermentation. In still wines, the gas is released; in sparkling wines, it is captured in the bottle to create bubbles.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
It gives me an orgasm.

:Q

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: Chompman
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) --- Gas produced by fermentation. In still wines, the gas is released; in sparkling wines, it is captured in the bottle to create bubbles.

Congrats on your 5000th post. :beer:😛

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
It gives me an orgasm.

You're not supposed to put the CO2 cartridges in there! :Q

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: Chompman
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) --- Gas produced by fermentation. In still wines, the gas is released; in sparkling wines, it is captured in the bottle to create bubbles.

Congrats on your 5000th post. :beer:😛

Awww, I didn't even notice. 😛

At least it was wasted on a alcohol reference. 😀

 

[her209]

How can carbon be black but carbon-dioxide/monoxide be transparent?

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: Shawn
If you release CO2 into the atmosphere does it float or sink?

CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

If your trying to disprove global warming here is something else you may way to consider. CFCs are so heavy it would take 50 years for them to get into the upper atmosphere.

 

[Shawn]

Wow, it took 12 replies for one real answer. :roll:

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: her209
How can carbon be black but carbon-dioxide/monoxide be transparent?

The same thing applies to compounds that are used everyday. Take common table salt for instance. Sodium is a caustic alkali metal that burns in the presence of water and chlorine is a poisonous oxidizer. Water is made up of hydrogen which is explosive and oxygen which accelerates combustion. Yet we use both everyday to flavor foods and fight fires respectively. 🙂

Originally posted by: YoshiSato

CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

An Earth atmosphere, yes.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: YoshiSato

Originally posted by: Shawn
If you release CO2 into the atmosphere does it float or sink?

CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

If your trying to disprove global warming here is something else you may way to consider. CFCs are so heavy it would take 50 years for them to get into the upper atmosphere.

😕

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: Chompman
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) --- Gas produced by fermentation. In still wines, the gas is released; in sparkling wines, it is captured in the bottle to create bubbles.

Congrats on your 5000th post. :beer:😛

<-- 😀

 

[bootymac]

Originally posted by: YoshiSato

Originally posted by: Shawn
If you release CO2 into the atmosphere does it float or sink?

CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

If your trying to disprove global warming here is something else you may way to consider. CFCs are so heavy it would take 50 years for them to get into the upper atmosphere.

Obligatory 'save the environment' post?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: YoshiSato
CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

Isn't air also composed of NO2 (which is heavier than CO2)?

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: C6FT7

Originally posted by: her209
How can carbon be black but carbon-dioxide/monoxide be transparent?

The same thing applies to compounds that are used everyday. Take common table salt for instance. Sodium is a caustic alkali metal that burns in the presence of water and chlorine is a poisonous oxidizer. Water is made up of hydrogen which is explosive and oxygen which accelerates combustion. Yet we use both everyday to flavor foods and fight fires respectively. 🙂

Originally posted by: YoshiSato

CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

An Earth atmosphere, yes.

Phew, good thing you mentioned that- someone on Venus might have read that and had a serious accident.

 

[chcarnage]

Although it's heavier than the other air components, it normally doesn't concenctrate at the ground because of winds and the law of diffusion. But in caves and in massive concentrations, it can fall to the ground. There's a cave near Naples called "dog's grotto" which gets constantly filled with CO2 from volcanic activities. The lower half of the cave is full of CO2 because it can only leave it through an exit in the upper half. An adult person can safely walk through the dog's grotto while a dog would die doing so.

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: YoshiSato
CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

Isn't air also composed of NO2 (which is heavier than CO2)?

Earth's atmosphere is nitrogen or N2 (78%), oxygen or O2 (21%) with 1% of trace gases

NO2 is nitrogen dioxide which is a insidious deadly poison.

You may be thinking of Nitrous oxide or dinitrogen oxide AKA dinitrogen monoxide(N2O) which is laughing gas.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox

Originally posted by: C6FT7

Originally posted by: her209
How can carbon be black but carbon-dioxide/monoxide be transparent?

The same thing applies to compounds that are used everyday. Take common table salt for instance. Sodium is a caustic alkali metal that burns in the presence of water and chlorine is a poisonous oxidizer. Water is made up of hydrogen which is explosive and oxygen which accelerates combustion. Yet we use both everyday to flavor foods and fight fires respectively. 🙂

Originally posted by: YoshiSato

CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

An Earth atmosphere, yes.

Phew, good thing you mentioned that- someone on Venus might have read that and had a serious accident.

Hey, maybe Shawn is working on some type of venus rover... 😛

 

[mercanucaribe]

CO2 is denser than the average density of air.

Originally posted by: YoshiSato

Originally posted by: Shawn
If you release CO2 into the atmosphere does it float or sink?

CO2 is heavier than the atmosphere. 1 simple experiment will prove that. Take some dry-ice(Frozen CO2) in some hot water. The CO2 vapor will fall to the ground.

If your trying to disprove global warming here is something else you may way to consider. CFCs are so heavy it would take 50 years for them to get into the upper atmosphere.

Are you being serious? CFCs have nothing to do with global warming. CO2 does but its density is irrelevant.

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: chcarnage
Although it's heavier than the other air components, it normally doesn't concenctrate at the ground because of winds and the law of diffusion. But in caves and in massive concentrations, it can fall to the ground. There's a cave near Naples called "dog's grotto" which gets constantly filled with CO2 from volcanic activities. The lower half of the cave is full of CO2 because it can only leave it through an exit in the upper half. An adult person can safely walk through the dog's grotto while a dog would die doing so.

I learned something in my class today (well I learned other things, but this is the only applicable thing I learned 😉).

Apparerntly there was a village somewhere at the base of a crater lake created by a dormant volcano. CO occasionally "burped" out of the lake and an especially large "burp" one night "spilled" over the side of the mountain, coming to rest in the village and killing everyone who was sleeping there that night.

It baffled authorities for a long time, but they eventually figured out that was what caused it.