Why is it that when you have a soda (such as Coca Cola or Sprite) and you shake it up in a can or a bottle – or in my case it has been shaken up by falling down the vending machine – it explodes out of the bottle or can if/when you open it up immediately? However, with juices or other drinks (such as Orange Juice or Gatorade) it still fizzes up just as soda does when shaken, yet it does not erupt out of the can or bottle if/when opened immediately after being shaken. Does caffeine make it do this or something else?
2007-04-17 02:36:58 · 11 answers · asked by Answer-Me-This 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
soda has carbonation
2007-04-17 02:40:19 · answer #1 · answered by m j 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sodas are carbonated and juices or gatorate are not. Carbonated liquids can pose a potential hazard; if shaken or jolted in an enclosed space such as a bottle or can, the carbonation can cause pressure to build to the point where it could cause a violent, explosive decompression when the seal is broken that could possibly cause injury.
2007-04-17 03:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The water used in creating your soda is carbonated. Which means that air has been forced into the liquid. Your juices and Gatorade do not fizz so to speak, your shaking just causes bubbles. Carbonation is the cause of your soda explosion because the air forced into the liquid tries to expand and escape the container, hence you open it and it leaves the bottle or can rapidly.
2007-04-17 02:47:42 · answer #3 · answered by I love your rude answers 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carbonated beverages have a shot of carbon dioxide under pressure added just before the container is sealed. This CO2 dissolves into the liquid and, as long as the pressure is maintained, just sits there.
When you open the container, the pressure is off and the CO2 comes out of solution and heads for the lower pressure area.
Juices may have a slight amount of dissolved gas in solution, but not the pounds that a Coke does!
Best wishes!
2007-04-17 02:41:44 · answer #4 · answered by HeldmyW 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Soda, or pop, as we call it in the Midwest; erupts because it is carbonated. Which simply means they add carbon dioxide to it. When it gets bottled it is under pressure, and shaking it makes the pressure get greater. When the pop is opened, the CO2 wants out immediately.
2007-04-17 02:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by Rusty J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
particularly undemanding, lemon juicer is an acid because of the fact its pH is below 7. Baking soda is a base with a pH larger than 7. in case you combine lemon juice, baking soda mutually, you will get a sprint eruption. this happens in case you in addition to would blend vinegar with baking soda. So, once you combine lemon juice and vinegar mutually, it is going to fizz up. each and every time an acid and a base are mixed mutually, you get a sprint reaction.
2016-11-25 00:51:55 · answer #6 · answered by burchill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbonation.
2007-04-17 02:40:37 · answer #7 · answered by Penelope Smith 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The juices you mentioned don't have carbonation added to them. The carbonation is what creates the "explosion" when shaken up vigorously.
2007-04-17 02:41:44 · answer #8 · answered by JennyP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if im not wrong it is the gases that's doing it. when you shake, it the pressure in the can builds up due to the gas. so when you open the can, the pressure is being release rapidly thus it sorta "explodes". it is physics
2007-04-17 02:41:47 · answer #9 · answered by weezer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is carbonated
2007-04-17 02:44:21 · answer #10 · answered by Sam h 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋