*Aluminium

I can't help but wonder if anyone has hacked out parts of this, and done a voice over, talking about the evils of Coke / soda.

*british

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God, that accent drives me up the wall.

Oh, great video.

So that's how they made New Coke! HIYOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

The ability to destroy a Coke can is insignificant, next to the power of Jesus.

Pepsi cans rust on the inside? .. geez, as if all that sugar wasnt bad enough for you.

Quite the "vigorous reaction," there.

>> ^Gallowflak:

God, that accent drives me up the wall.
Oh, great video.

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A-lu-mi-num
Alu-Mini-um

I'm going to have to try this at work tomorrow.

cant help but notice that the pepsi at least is labled as 330ml, interesting pepsi cutting 25ml with the British version of their soda. Crafty...

>> ^Sagemind:
A-lu-mi-num
Alu-Mini-um


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium

Either way is valid.

so... if it's in a coke can, then it's not strong acid or strong base.
with pepsi can, you can't know for sure...

So I tried this at work today. Used 300 - 400 mL of Sodium Hydroxide. After an hour, the most I got out of it was a little bit of bubbling. Either the molarity of their solution was a lot higher, or this was photoshopped!

>> ^MarineGunrock:

Either the molarity of their solution was a lot higher, or this was photoshopped!

And which of these two seems more likely?

It didn't "melt" the cans... that implies a state change, not a chemical reaction.

Anyway, I recently tried something similar with a penny and 12M HCl. There was some reaction with the copper plating (which surprised me), but it vigorously attacked the zinc core leaving a soft hollow shell.


Edit: Also, I'm pretty sure the reaction in the video produces Aluminum Hydroxide, not Sodium Aluminate.

I'd also get "Aluminum" in the tags there, too. I believe it's just a British thing to say "Aluminium" whereas the rest of the world says it "Aluminum", just a way to stave off dupes.

>> ^Offsajdh:

Pepsi cans rust on the inside? .. geez, as if all that sugar wasnt bad enough for you.
now you know that a can of pepsi gives you daily intake of iron

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