In Swedish it's simply called carbon-dioxide-ice (kolsyre-is, using the
more common and less scientific word for carbon dioxide; carbon acid :
kolsyra). Since we're a hospital laboratory, we ususally have some in
stock. It comes in real handy when the normal cooling of the computer
room fails !-)

/per
(at such times we post a note on the door to the computer room:
"WARNING, atmosphere contains a high degree of carbon dioxide, when
entering, please bring your own oxygene")

> Although Shane is clearly joking, he does point out the fact that some
> non-USA listers might not know what "dry ice" is.  It is frozen carbon
> dioxide.  I would be interested to know what it is called in other
parts of
> the world.
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