There’s few things worse than a glass of flat Coke. OH WAIT, a glass of Pepsi is far worse. But anyway! An incredibly bored person wanted to find out exactly when Coke went flat so he timed it.
His method, which is completely unscientific, was to pour a glass of Coke and then count the bubbles that existed. After 34 minutes, only six bubbles were left. I personally think Coke stays good for at least two hours (it’s heavily carbonated, yo!) so I call shenanigans on this guy. Someone get Mythbusters on this. [BuzzFeed]
Sean
Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 8:01 AMIt’s entirely dependent on temperature, so this would vary greatly.
Legit
Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 5:21 PMHey, he’s got a timer with digital numbers and stuff. It’s science!
Dawg
Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 11:25 PMWhat an exciting Mythbusters episode it would be.
sean
Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 11:43 AMAnd the surface of the vessel, I forgot that. Imperfections in the vessel cause nucleation points (?) from which the bubbles form and rise to the surface.
(based on my knowledge of supersaturating gases in the application of kegging homebrew beer)
james_whatsit
Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 7:51 PMuhm, mythbusters scientific method is almost as flawed as this guys