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Why is solid carbon-dioxide called dry ice ?

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Solid carbon dioxide is stored under high pressure. It gets converted directly to gaseous state on decrease of pressure to 1 atmosphere without coming into liquid state. This is the reason that solid carbon dioxide is also known as dry ice.
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