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How can dry ice literally burn you?
Does it burn everyone if handled with bare hands?

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Its burns if you have no gloves but the gloves have to have 5 layers

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While dry ice looks like it would be cold, it's extremely dangerous to the touch and can cause severe burns.

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Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. It has the very nice feature of sublimation as it melts, it turns directly into carbon dioxide gas rather than a liquid. If you ever have to handle dry ice, you want to be sure to wear heavy gloves, because a block of dry ice has a surface temperature of -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit (-78.5 degrees C). The super-cold surface temperature can easily damage your skin if you touch it directly. It's actually a lot like if you were to touch the handle of a hot pot or pan without an oven mitt.

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