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I feel like Dorothy with the ruby slippers....

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From: Informal Science Education Network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Joe Ruggiero
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:58 AM
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Subject: Re: Dry ice tank


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Dear Dante,

See, I told you that you that the very capable and high brow COSI Toledo
did not need our lowly help! You had the solution within your own grasp
the whole time.

Joe Ruggiero

Dante wrote:

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>Thanks for all the suggestions!
>
>I know one of the things I was looking for was "easy to obtain,
inexpensive"
>so that really eliminated us fabricating a nice acrylic tank.  But as luck
>would have it, we had a broken, irreparable exhibit in the shop Saturday
>morning whose main body was a 24" diameter acrylic tube!  A few
>modifications later, and now we have a nice dry ice tank that stands on its
>own, is tall enough so little hands can't reach in and grab the dry ice,
>sturdy and has clear visibility!  Such is life in the industry!
>
>Dante
>
>PS--Oh, and I still have the glass aquarium on stand-by!
>
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>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:36 AM
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>Subject: Dry ice tank
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>Actually, I like the small glass aquarium. I've used plexiglass and plastic
>tanks for these CO2 experiments in the past, but always preferred the
common
>pet-store variety aquarium for all of the reasons you mentioned - cheap,
>easy to get, can take the extreme temps, easy to see through them. In
>addition, they don't weigh very much, so they're easy to move around, easy
>to clean, fairly scratch resistant.
>
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>
>Martin S. Fisher
>
>Director of Education
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>Nauticus, the National Maritime Center
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>One Waterside Drive
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>Norfolk, VA 23510
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>OK, this is one of those things where you know there has to be someone out
>
>there who has thought of something better along the way...
>
>We use your typical 5 or 10 gallon glass aquarium to do dry ice
experiments.
>
>(You know, floating bubbles, snuffing candles, the whole 9 yards) Each time
>
>one breaks, I think "Gee, there has to be something better" but never get
>
>around to it and then before you know it, it's 2 hours before the program,
>
>so I run out and buy........another aquarium.
>
>We like the aquarium mainly because it is transparent and easy to see the
>
>bubbles floating and other stuff. It also helps that it can pretty much
>
>hold up against the cold temps and is an easy to obtain off-the-shelf item.
>
>Now I'm calling upon the collective wisdom of my ASTC colleagues: Who's got
>
>a better idea?
>
>I welcome your prompt thoughts and suggestions, as I need to buy one for
>
>tomorrow morning!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Dante
>
>Dante Centuori
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>Creative Director, Education
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>COSI Toledo
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>1 Discovery Way
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>Toledo, OH 43604-1579
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