2006-08-31 08:02:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The sugar added to the regular soda is not as sweet as the artificial sweetener added to the diet soda. Thus, more sugar has to be added to the regular soda to get it to taste as sweet as the diet soda tastes with the addition of less artificial sweetener. This additional sugar causes the mass of the regular soda to be slightly more than the mass of the diet soda (you can check this on a balance). Since they are both in the same size container, they have the same volume. If you increase the mass and keep the volume constant, the density will increase.
Cool fact...diet soda is less dense than water and will float.
Regular soda is more dense than water and will sink.
2006-08-31 12:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the extra sugar molecules in the regular drink? I know that saltwater has a higher density than purified because of the presence of sodium molecules.
2006-08-31 15:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by the_Czech 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because of the excess sugars, carbohydrates, and other ingrediants that are dissolved in the water. you could look at it like diet soda is diluted or regular soda is more concentrated in these ingrediants if that makes sense to you.
2006-08-31 15:18:04 · answer #3 · answered by scotter98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becuse it contains more sugar
2006-09-03 17:11:19 · answer #4 · answered by cemilturan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋