why did dry ice get its name
Best Answer: In 1835 the French chemist Charles Thilorier published the first account of dry ice. Upon opening the lid of a large cylinder containing liquid carbon dioxide he noted much of the carbon dioxide rapidly evaporated leaving solid dry ice in the container. Throughout the next 60 years, dry ice was observed and tested by scientists.So dry ice mainly was named dry ice because the carbon dioxide had evaporated into the air without making a watery mess, and that is how it got its name. PragmaticAlien is correct. Frozen CO2 goes directly from solid to gas.