Due to its physical characteristics, carbon dioxide, or CO2, is used in a wide range of contemporary technology. For bigger uses and smaller compressed CO2 cartridges, CO2 can be purchased in compressed form in CO2 tanks. As a result, the market is flooded with commercially accessible CO2 cartridges. These cartridges are available in a variety of shapes, sizes, nozzle diameters, and quality, and they can be applied in a variety of ways.
Airsoft/Paintball
Projectile weapons are one of the most typical applications for commercially accessible CO2 cartridges. Most Airsoft guns, many air rifles, and certain paintball guns all use CO2 cartridges as their primary form of propulsion. Larger gas cartridges or small compression tanks are frequently used by paintball guns and larger air rifles/Airsoft guns with automated fire capabilities to store CO2. Smaller cartridges are frequently used with smaller CO2-powered Airsoft weapons. The compressed CO2 from the cartridge used to “charge” the weapon is normally stored inside CO2-powered firearms’ internal gas tanks. Short yet powerful bursts of CO2 are then released from the internal tank, which is used to fire paintballs or tiny metal or plastic pellets through the gun’s barrel.
Cyclocross inner tubes
Bicycle tyres can also be momentarily inflated with CO2 cartridges. It is quicker and more convenient than using a hand pump to re-inflate an inner tube in an emergency, such as a burst tyre. You need a specialised inflating tool to use cartridges in this way. These tools can accommodate various CO2 cartridge sizes, threaded and unthreaded, and optional flow control makes them easy to operate. A rider can quickly insert a cartridge into the inflator, connect it to the tyre’s inner tube, and quickly inflate the tube. Though CO2 can diffuse through the rubber, leaving a flat inner tube after a few days, it is ineffective for long-term inflation. As a result, CO2 cartridge use by bicycles is restricted to short-term or urgent situations.
the CO2 Dragsters
Homemade model vehicles can be driven on a straight track using CO2 cartridges. The rules of aerodynamics and momentum are frequently illustrated by teachers using this exercise, which is occasionally organised as racing championships. Each participant typically creates a vehicle within a set of constraints, and every vehicle has a place or compartment in the back of the house, the CO2 cartridge. The CO2 cartridges are then simultaneously released, moving the cars ahead at the same moment, and the cars are then put on a straight track with some guide rail.
Carbonated beverages
The production of carbonated beverages is a well-known use for carbon dioxide. There are several ways to accomplish this at home using CO2 cartridges. Beer brewing aficionados frequently use a CO2 cartridge to carbonate their homebrews and maintain pressure in the keg. The beer won’t be completely carbonated until enough time has elapsed. Additionally, there are numerous ways to employ CO2 cartridges with a soda fountain to carbonate drinks as they are being served rapidly. For instance, a makeshift fountain might carbonate juices or water while being served. Using a specific bottle made to suit the smaller food-grade CO2 cartridges, often known as “seltzer chargers,” is yet another technique to carbonate liquids. These are quick and easy methods for adding CO2 to diet drinks in Singapore.
