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Determining the Pressure inside an Intact Carbonated Beverage Can

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Leslie Glasser

Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA 6845, Australia

J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (1), p 47

DOI: 10.1021/ed085p47.2

Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2008

Abstract

Here is an experiment that gives ball-park values for the pressure in an unopened soda can, determined without opening the can.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Letters

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Communication / Writing

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Another Method for Determining the Pressure inside an Intact Carbonated Beverage Can (or Bottle)
Thomas S. Kuntzleman and Christopher Richards
Journal of Chemical Education2010 87 (9), 993-993
- Another Method for Determining the Pressure inside an Intact Carbonated Beverage Can (or Bottle)
  Thomas S. Kuntzleman and Christopher Richards
  Journal of Chemical Education2010 87 (9), 993-993
  Previous letters and articles in this Journal have described methods for finding the pressure of CO2 inside carbonated beverages. One communication in particular describes a method for estimating this pressure without even opening the container. This ...
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Another Look at the Fizz Keeper: A Case-Study Laboratory Exercise for High School Students
Christopher R. Mekelburg and Steven H. Szczepankiewicz, Matthew Hellerer
Journal of Chemical Education2010 87 (7), 705-707
- Another Look at the Fizz Keeper: A Case-Study Laboratory Exercise for High School Students
  Christopher R. Mekelburg and Steven H. Szczepankiewicz, Matthew Hellerer
  Journal of Chemical Education2010 87 (7), 705-707
  This case study places the high school student as a researcher for Carbonation Creators (fictional entity), a company responsible for making the Fizzy Forcer (a device to improve carbonation in previously opened bottles of soft drinks). The company faces ...
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