Dry ice is a versatile product that has a number of commercial and consumer uses:
To remove floor tiles
To remove skin imperfections In the poultry industry In the baking industry To lengthen the life of wet ice To make fog in the entertainment industry To shrink metal To retard chemical catalysts To improve porosity in oil wells To pack ice cream on trips To purge fuel tanks To brand animals To store food during power outages
For low-temperature testing
As a mosquito attractant for traps To keep party kegs cold To pack trophy game or fish on the way home By airline caterers to keep food chilled By blood banks for shipping To blast clean rubber and plastic injection moulds and food processing equipment By the concrete industry to prevent heat build-up To freeze unstable ground To germinate food To freeze water lines without shutoff valves To blast clean fire-damaged buildings