Help us out do a soda experiment! (Patreon)

Hello again, you bubbly beauties! Soooo I don't know if you watched our latest video about soda and bubbles (which, if you haven't, you totally should 👀👀👀)

You should definitely watch

Our latest video about soda 👀👀

Anyway, the thing is that I've been seeing this life hack saying you can prevent a shaken beer can from blowing up simply by tapping the sides of the can with your finger (which should also apply to soda), but then I ran across this paper saying that it doesn't really work on beer. But does it work on soda cans? It definitely works when I try it at home, but I need data, and haven't been able to found a study on soda cans specifically, so why don't we try to do our own mass experiment? Do you wanna help out?

WHAT DO YOU NEED?

2 cans of the same type of soda. As long as it's some sort of soft, non-alcoholic, fizzy drink, we should be fine.

Measuring tape

A large flat surface you'll be able to get wet and measure on

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

Leave those cans of soda overnight in a fridge.

Once you're ready to do the experiment, take one of the soda cans out of the fridge and shake it 10 times.

Place the can on the surface, open it, let it explode.

Measure the size of the explosion (more on that below).

Take the other soda can and shake it 10 times as well, but this time flick the walls of the can with your finger. Give it a good 10 flicks. Make sure you sorta go around the whole can!

Place the other can on the surface, open it, let it explode.

Measure the size of the second explosion.

Go to the Google Forms we set up and let us know about your findings.

That's it, you're done! Enjoy those cans of soda.

Let us know about your findings!

Soda Can Tapping Experiment Survey