If you filled a flat car tire with lots of dry ice and screwed the cap tightly on the valve stem what will happen over time?

a. The tire will begin to inflate.

b. The tire will get really cold but the dry ice would stay as a solid.

c. The tire will inflate for a while and then the vapor would re-form into dry ice.

d. There will be no effect on the tire at all since the dry ice is not the same as air.

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Jordyn Ewing

Chemistry

8 November, 16:11

If you filled a flat car tire with lots of dry ice and screwed the cap tightly on the valve stem what will happen over time?

a. The tire will begin to inflate.

b. The tire will get really cold but the dry ice would stay as a solid.

c. The tire will inflate for a while and then the vapor would re-form into dry ice.

d. There will be no effect on the tire at all since the dry ice is not the same as air.

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Layne Schaefer · Answer 1

A. The tire will begin to inflate. I assume considering if you put a piece of dry ice in a water bottle and seal the lid it will begin to inflate the bottle.