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Subject:
Chemical Ice/Cooling Packs
Category: Science > Chemistry Asked by: robbycoats-ga List Price: $75.00 |
Posted:
17 Mar 2005 11:40 PST
Expires: 08 Apr 2005 12:37 PDT Question ID: 496277 |
I need two chemicals, preferably both liquids, that will combine to produce an endothermic reaction in which the solution will drop to freezing or below and maintain that temperature for between 30-60 minutes. The chemicals, and the end solution, need to be non-toxic and able to be stored safely in a plastic container. You may find the chemicals that combine in chemical ice/cooling packs to be helpful, but I have found that, in most cases, one of the chemicals is in a solid state. While I suppose I could work with this, I really need two liquids. Here is a website that sells a chemical ice pack and lists the ingredients... this may be a helpful start: http://www.dual-ice.com/Safety/safety.html |
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Subject:
Re: Chemical Ice/Cooling Packs
From: hfshaw-ga on 18 Mar 2005 11:49 PST |
I suspect that you are going to need to use a system that ultimately involves a phase change (i.e., dissolution or precipitation of a solid). The reason being that for any two liqids that do not result in a precipitation reaction upon mixing, the enthalpy of the mixing reaction is going to be rather modest. Most "chemical ice packs" that I am familiar with involve the endothermic dissolution reactions of a salt, such as sodium thiosulfate or ammonium nitrate in an aqueous solvent. |
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