Amazing Pepsi Challenge

[870WM34W4Y]

ha got it right! =] only cuz ive accidentally lost a few cans of regualr pop in a lake before :/

[987djhj]

this does this because the reg. pepsi can has more sugar and the diet pepsi has less that makes the reg. pepsi more dense than the diet

[jacksawild]

How much do they each weigh?

[greeenpro2009]

@jacksawild it doesn't matter...I think the regular wieghs slightly more, but it's ALL about the density. Anything that has a density that is less than the density of water will float in water. 

[jacksawild]

@greeenpro2009 Respectfully, given they have an equal volume I would say the weight (or mass) does matter. I am interested because we don't have those kinds of pepsi here.

[XANDERXXZ]

Well now i know, if im stuck on a desert island with 1 crate of diet pepsi and 1 crate of regulare pepsi, not to make my raft out of the regular. you may have just saved my life. well done.

[spicychicken824]

Nice but i prefer dr. pepper

[futureKJN]

yeah course the diet will float the other one has like 40 grams of sugar changing the density

[The100monkey]

my teacher did this at school

[blodyrage676]

soda! i believe.... c. don't know which can, but hey.

[brandthedog]

The answer is always C.

[shadowace421]

and i drink 2 cans of pepsi every day....does anyone know of a helthier drink that taste like soda?

[joormoda]

um...my butt!

[idoruZe]

you can always try some 100% juice and seltzer or tonic water. you get the fizz and the sugar but you get a lot more nutrients and less processed things.

have a good one.

[1ThingHappened]

and thats why i dont drink sodas

[fasantupp]

You don't drink sodas because they float?

[HybridWorm]

buuuuuuuu

[Nilberchoice]

será que da pra fazer com a coca light ou a zero?

[Veerix3]

Naada a ver --' a Pepsi Diet ta vazia !! e a Regular não ! (H)

[hitchcock1987]

Se a lata de Pepsi Diet estivesse vazia ela nem passava da superfície.

[jaodopao25]

Nada a ver a sua teoria ¬¬ A densidade da papsi diet e menor dq a de pepsi normal, se a lata de pepsi diet estivesse vazia ela nao afundaria e depois Iria boia ela simplesmente boiaria direto !

[TomboysTv]

That's so weird!

[JustxCrystal]

I was right. =D

[greeenpro2009]

Good job!

[matttchapman]

awesome

[ceeslee]

Sodium content makes the difference between regular and diet

[mattmovies101]

lol. that was pretty cool

[metainfinity]

Why is this amazing?

[lazer46]

The artificial sweetener used in diet coke is hundreds of times sweeter per unit volume than regular sugar. Coke has about 11 teaspoons of sugar in each can which are taken up by water in the diet coke can. Since sugar is more dense than water, it is not surprising that the diet coke will be less dense than coke.

[wibrle]

. . .Thats what I was gonna say. lol jkjk That makes since. Nice input :)

[firebert010]

Your facts are on the whole correct, however cola companies do not produce cola with "real" sugar anymore. High fructose corn syrup and other artificial sweeteners have long since replaced them.

Another Pepsi product, Pepsi Throwback, boasts 100% "real" sugar content, and no artificial sweeteners. I would be interested to see a can of that up against the two already seen.

[heptadecagram]

The carbonation was already in the can; shaking it does not create additional air inside the airtight can.

[greeenpro2009]

shaking the can would not change the density of its contents though...

[BearsFan054]

that would not do anything...

[greeenpro2009]

My guess is that the Pepsi Throwback would end up at the bottom with the "Regular" Pepsi because of its density. I'd like to try it though just to see for sure. Good idea.

[HesterMcLester]

The same thing happens with my clone and I when we're in the bathtub together.

[greeenpro2009]

LOL..Nice. When you go swimming, I bet you have to rescue him a lot.

[aslambilal]

Have you done this experiment on more than these two cans?

If so thats an awesome find :)

I wonder what makes the diet more buoyant? Perhaps they use more carbonation?

[greeenpro2009]

It works with any brand of cola. Anyone have the answer as to why? Think sugar :)

[Nextraker]

thats an amazing fact!

[daneboe]

Cooool! I'm going to drink TONS of diet pepsi before I go swimming!

[3BricksHigher]

LOL!

[greeenpro2009]

You are a genius daneboe!

[extrafrenulum]

Duh. It is "diet" after all. ;)

[greeenpro2009]

Funny!