Replacing Dry Ice for Low-Temperature Reactions: What a −40 °C Chiller Can and Cannot Hold

A recirculating chiller can take over some reactions that labs run in dry ice baths, but not all. Why contents run warmer than the coolant, why an average heat-release estimate is only a screening check, the vessel arrangements that help, and where dry ice or colder systems are still needed.

· low-temperature reactions,reaction cooling,recirculating chiller