WTF? How did this happen?

[RoloMather]

Left a 2 L Diet Coke in my refrigerator. Today when I went to drink some there is ice floating around in the bottle.

Mean while there's water left in the same compartment and it didn't freeze.

Guess it must be the pressure.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: RoloMather
Left a 2 L Diet Coke in my refrigerator. Today when I went to drink some there is ice floating around in the bottle.

Mean while there's water left in the same compartment and it didn't freeze.

WTF?

Do you live alone RoloMather?

 

[joesmoke]

was the coke closer to the back?
have you taken acid in the last 4 hours?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: joesmoke
was the coke closer to the back?
have you taken acid in the last 4 hours?

:laugh:

Cheers joesmoke! :beer:

 

[zinfamous]

if fridge temp is set too high, often things in the back will freeze.

 

[RoloMather]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: joesmoke
was the coke closer to the back?
have you taken acid in the last 4 hours?

:laugh:

Cheers joesmoke! :beer:

I wish i had. Would make for an interesting day. Please send me some.

 

[tasmanian]

I made the mistake of putting some sour scream under the cold air vent. After getting some kick ass taco's made I open the sour scream up and its frozen solid. Moral of the story, put soda on the bottom of your fridge or turn the temp up a little.

 

[joesmoke]

Originally posted by: RoloMather

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: joesmoke
was the coke closer to the back?
have you taken acid in the last 4 hours?

:laugh:

Cheers joesmoke! :beer:

I wish i had. Would make for an interesting day. Please send me some.

well... i just spent 10 mins trying to find the link for the "acid trip" screen, but no dice. shitty search function...

 

[Newbian]

Well at least this means the pop will be cold now.

 

[bobdole369]

It's been my experience that Diet Coke somehow freezes at above 32F. also if you take a coke and a diet coke together in the freeze - the diet coke will be undrinkably frozen in 15 minutes, while the coke, merely cold. Takes about an hour for undiet coke to freeze.

Dunno why that is.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Just a guess: maybe the salt in the coke raised its freezing point. Or maybe it's the aspartame (worst sweetener ever).

 

[shortylickens]

The solution is obvious:
You need to crawl inside the fridge and watch the Diet Coke.

 

[allies]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
Just a guess: maybe the salt in the coke raised its freezing point. Or maybe it's the aspartame (worst sweetener ever).

False.

 

[artikk]

The solutes in the cola decreased the freezing point proportionally in relation to the concentration of the sugar, etc. It must be really freezing in there then. Could also be the pressure but I don't know much about phase diagrams for cola heh.

 

[MoPHo]

Originally posted by: Newbian
Well at least this means the soda will be cold now.

Fixed.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
The solution is obvious:
You need to crawl inside the fridge and watch the Diet Coke.

:Q

:laugh:

Cheers shortylickens! :beer:

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: MoPHo

Originally posted by: Newbian
Well at least this means the pop will be cold now.

Fixed.

Less letters so easier to say it.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: MoPHo

Originally posted by: Newbian
Well at least this means the pop will be cold now.

Fixed.

Less letters so easier to say it.

but it sounds so much more retarded

 

[Leros]

That reminds me. I threw a bottle of coke in the freezer an hour ago. Thanks!

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: Xanis

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: MoPHo

Originally posted by: Newbian
Well at least this means the pop will be cold now.

Fixed.

Less letters so easier to say it.

but it sounds so much more correct

Fixed.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: tasmanian
I made the mistake of putting some sour scream under the cold air vent. After getting some kick ass taco's made I open the sour scream up and its frozen solid. Moral of the story, put soda on the bottom of your fridge or turn the temp up a little.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for sour scream?

 

[imported_Imp]

My milk use to freeze in my old fridge. Just means your temperature controls are fuxxored.

 

[alkalinetaupehat]

See if some Mentos will help?

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: allies

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
Just a guess: maybe the salt in the coke raised its freezing point. Or maybe it's the aspartame (worst sweetener ever).

False.

Indeed, as the salt would lower the freeze point, meaning water with salt will not freeze at 32ºF, rather, will just be really really cold.

 

[Paperdoc]

Originally posted by: bobdole369
It's been my experience that Diet Coke somehow freezes at above 32F. also if you take a coke and a diet coke together in the freeze - the diet coke will be undrinkably frozen in 15 minutes, while the coke, merely cold. Takes about an hour for undiet coke to freeze.

Dunno why that is.

Exactly right (well, almost - Diet does NOT freeze at higher than 32 F), and here's why (from a Chemist).

When you dissolve something (the solute) in a solvent (in Cokes, that's the water), the freezing point of the solution is LOWERED (we use the term"depressed!") compared to the pure solvent. The amount it is lowered is proportional to the concentration of solute in the solvent. The mathematical model looks like ?T = K m, where ?T is the "freezing point depression", K is a constant that is a property of the solvent, and m is the solute concentration in a unit called molality.

So, comparing regular and diet Coke, the regular has a lot of sugar in it, whereas the diet has no sugar and only a small amount of a synthetic sweetener that is so strong it delivers the taste at very low concentrations. Hence, the "m" factor for regular is much bigger than for Diet Coke. The other factor, K, depends solely on the water solvent, so changing which solute is involved (sugar or synthetic sweetener) does not affect the value of "K". The result is that the ?T is much larger for regular Coke that for Diet Coke, and so it won't freeze until the regular type is cooled down to a colder temperature. In fact, the ?T value for Diet Coke, with only a very small value for "m", is so small that the diet Coke will freeze almost at the same temperature as plain water, 32 F.