Carbon Dioxide

Basics

• CO2 or Carbon Dioxide
• Is a Common (And easy to produce) Chemical
• Gas at SLC

Uses

Agricultural

• See Open Source Agricultural Carbon Dioxide Generator
• Photobioreactors for Algaculture

Engineering

• Inert Gas
• More Easily Stored Alternative to Compressed Air (For Pnuematic Pistons Etc)

Food

• Carbonated Liquids
• Carbonated Candies
• Food Safe Aerosol Propellant

Fire Fighting

• Fire Extinguishers

Chemistry

• Supercritical Solvent
• Carbonic Acid

Biology

• Bioreactors (Or more likely Photobioreactors)

Cryogenics

• See Dry Ice

Misc

• Paintball Guns for Recreation
• One of the Major Greenhouse Gases

Production

• Combustion Reactions
• Hydrocarbon Fuel Cells

External Links

• Wikipedia Page on Carbon Dioxide