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Spanishfly · #3 (**permalink**) 08-01-2006, 07:57 PM

What other crap?? A CO2 extinguisher contains just that - CO2, and nothing else. At high pressure in the bottle CO2 is in the form of a liquid, when you pull the handle CO2 gas comes out, but due to the rapid adiabatic expansion, it is very cold, so cold that it may even contain a few particles of solid CO2, dry ice.
I see no reason at all why this should not work, as long as you don´t frost your babies, ie don´t fire it directly at them. But there is not a lot of gas in one extinguisher.

#3 (permalink) 08-01-2006, 07:57 PM
Spanishfly Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Costa Blanca, Spain on a Temporary Ban from the City Posts: 2,656	What other crap?? A CO2 extinguisher contains just that - CO2, and nothing else. At high pressure in the bottle CO2 is in the form of a liquid, when you pull the handle CO2 gas comes out, but due to the rapid adiabatic expansion, it is very cold, so cold that it may even contain a few particles of solid CO2, dry ice. I see no reason at all why this should not work, as long as you don´t frost your babies, ie don´t fire it directly at them. But there is not a lot of gas in one extinguisher. Last edited by Spanishfly; 08-01-2006 at 11:06 PM.