soda is made with sugar and diet soda is made with artificial sweetener. when placed in water , acan of regular soda sink sinks and a can of diet soda floats on top. in the water.explain to me why this might be,refering to density mass and weight
2006-10-17 21:34:32 · 5 answers · asked by kh2anime 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
When a solid is dissolved in water, the volume does not increase. There must be a good 50g of sugar in a can.
Artificial sweetners are much sweeter than sugar. There is probably < 1g of sweetner in a can. (the old saccharin tablets for coffee were tiny, modern sweetners are probably as sweet)
So I would expect a sugar laden can to be about 50g heavier
2006-10-17 22:00:07 · answer #1 · answered by amania_r 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the weight of the solid main ingredients must be the factor to why the regular drink sinks and the diet floats atop.
2006-10-17 21:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by raz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some sugar are heavier than artificial sweetener with constant volume... higher mass, higher density...
2006-10-17 21:41:04 · answer #3 · answered by ignoramuS 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its just a visual aid to let you know all that sugar is weighing you down LOL
Just kidding - really I don't know :-)
2006-10-17 21:50:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
god knows
2006-10-17 21:37:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋