#304 – Bubbly
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
Do they have less carbonation in soda nowadays? It seems like I had this problem a lot when I was a kid but it rarely happens now. Maybe the bottles aren’t sealed as well and the excess pressure leaks out. Maybe I’m just not as clumsy.
Tags: car, carbonation, soda
Someone else will likely tell you this, but bottle and can technology has made it so that when shaken, the soda only stays fizzy in a sealed container for about a dozen seconds. Ahh, science.
That’s why my parents showed me the trick of holding the can at the top, and giving it a few good thumps and listen to the tone change. There was this one friend who always shook up one beer can and gave it to somebody, so they all learned real quick to thump the can. Works well with soda too. It knocks the bubbles off the sides and they gather at the top where they don’t push the drink inward and upwards.
I know of two schools of thought on this.
First: The soda companies did lessen the carbonation due to the dangers of Mentos reaction injuries.
Second: It’s all a plot by space aliens.
Aliens!
Aliens? In my soda?
It’s more fizzy than you think!
Driving down a gravel road for an hour? It’s not like getting your hitman wet is going to keep you any less dead in a few minutes!
I’ve noticed how warm the soda is makes a huge difference.
When we were kids sodas had sugar, now they have high fructose corn syrup. The sugar water’s surface tension is a little better than fructose water, so it holds bubbles better. Find a can of soda with sugar, shake it, and relive your childhood.
Hotter liquids are better at holding solids in solution, but colder liquids are better at holding gasses in solution.