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by wessorh 869 days ago
explain flat soft drinks... Your beer, champaign, and all carbonated drinks contain CO2 that is dissolved in solution and as the temperature increases as it sits in your glass the CO2 comes out of solution.

This isn't an IQ test: now think of the oceans, as temperature changes the solubility of CO2 changes inversely proportional to temperature just like your soda pop becomes flat when it warms up. Additionally this is why soft drinks are served cold.

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> Your beer, champaign, and all carbonated drinks contain CO2 that is dissolved in solution and as the temperature increases as it sits in your glass the CO2 comes out of solution.

That’s mostly due to pressure, carbonated drinks are stored at 30-50 psi. Even a warm carbonated drink will produce bubbles.

Soft drinks are served cold because people enjoy drinking cold drinks.
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