CO2 vs Air

[Acgelok]

Hi y'all, can any-one on this forum tell me witch is heavier D.I.Y. CO2 or
atmospheric air (air we breathe)? It has to do with an air-space at the top of
my D.I.Y. CO2 setup. I dont know if I should vent it or ignore it T.I.A. to any
and all who reply P.S. this is not a trol

With thanks and Regards Art

[GreenPencil]

(Acgelok) wrote in message >...
> Hi y'all, can any-one on this forum tell me witch is heavier D.I.Y. CO2 or
> atmospheric air (air we breathe)? It has to do with an air-space at the top of
> my D.I.Y. CO2 setup. I dont know if I should vent it or ignore it T.I.A. to any
> and all who reply P.S. this is not a trol
>
> With thanks and Regards Art

CO2 is heavier.

[Donald Kerns]

Acgelok wrote:

> Hi y'all, can any-one on this forum tell me witch is heavier D.I.Y.
> CO2 or
> atmospheric air (air we breathe)? It has to do with an air-space at
> the top of my D.I.Y. CO2 setup. I dont know if I should vent it or
> ignore it T.I.A. to any and all who reply P.S. this is not a trol
>
> With thanks and Regards Art

Air is a mix of N2 (~70%), O2 (~22%), CO2 (?), and all the other "stuff"

Both the N2 and the O2 are going to weigh less than the CO2.

Gad-da-bing.

=-) Donald
--
"When you've lost your ability to laugh, you've lost your ability to
think straight." -To Inherit the Wind

[GreenPencil]

Donald Kerns > wrote in message >...
> Acgelok wrote:
>
> > Hi y'all, can any-one on this forum tell me witch is heavier D.I.Y.
> > CO2 or
> > atmospheric air (air we breathe)? It has to do with an air-space at
> > the top of my D.I.Y. CO2 setup. I dont know if I should vent it or
> > ignore it T.I.A. to any and all who reply P.S. this is not a trol
> >
> > With thanks and Regards Art
>
> Air is a mix of N2 (~70%), O2 (~22%), CO2 (?), and all the other "stuff"
>
> Both the N2 and the O2 are going to weigh less than the CO2.
>
> Gad-da-bing.
>
> =-) Donald


http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/main_pages/4.3.html

Or you can Light a candle and put it into a tall glass jar. Shake up
a bottle of coke (2 liter bottle with about 1.5 liters of coke in it.
Open the lid over the jar but don't spill any coke in there! The
flame will end up going out because CO2 isheavier.

Another Experiment you may have seen. Dry ice is CO2. You see smoke
forming from the dry ice from water turning into ice. The ice is
carried downwards because it is within the CO2, and the CO2 is heavier
than air. That is why the dry ice smoke goes downwards, and spreads
out upon the floor when there is no lower place to go to.

[Acgelok]

Thanks a bunch for the info. every one. I've now extended the pickup tubes in
CO2 generators to within 1" of the fluid level thus hopefully eliminating air
buildup in the difusers Thanks again and
regards Art