carbonated beverages?

Question

What effect does heat have on the carbonation in Ginger Ale?

Answer 1

You may have noticed that if you open up a warm bottle of soda, it fizzes up a lot more. This is because the solubility of the CO2 lowers with increasing temperature, so it is just sitting there as a gas busting to get out.

I note that the question mentioned ginger ale. Some ginger ale is actually brewed like beer; the bubbles are produced by yeast organisms instead of injected in a mechanical manner. In this case, sufficient heat is required to allow the yeast to multiply and produce CO2 gas, with more heat meaning more gas. Unless you have too much heat, which kills the yeast and so stops gas production.

I just thought this seemed relevant to your questions.

Answer 2

adding heat would lower the carbonation of Ginger ale.

as a general rule, the solubility of a gas in a liquid is inversely proportional to the temperature (at cold temperatures, it has high solubility, higher temperatures has lower... this is why a refrigerated soda tastes better than a warm one)

Answer 3

Heat goes up, carbonation goes down. Gases are more soluble in liquids at lower temps, which is why warm soda goes flat more quickly.

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Answer 4

As the temperature goes up thesolubility of gases goes down. As you add heat the bubbles of CO2 come out.

Answer 5

Carbonation serves no real purpose,except to make the soda fizz. If you let it sit out opened, you will notice the taste is the same, without the bubbles.