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Post by silverdragon on Jul 14, 2014 10:43:21 GMT
Doesnt matter, generic term Coke, its said about Coca Cola, but it could be any.
If you leave a tooth in Coke it will dissolve.
This is part of what they call "Coke-Law", on various other urban legends of what Coke can and cant do....
And this has involved Mythbusters.
Anything else?...
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 14, 2014 10:44:43 GMT
It doesnt have to be Diet.
Coke and Mint sweets, it doesnt have to be diet coke to get the same reaction...
Nor does it have to me Mint sweets...
Other sweets in other fizy drinks do the same thing.
Other substances can be added to fizzy drinks as well...
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Post by mrfatso on Jul 14, 2014 12:53:17 GMT
Coke contains Phosphoric acid as an ingredient, leave something like a tooth in for long enough then a reaction will occur, as teeth are made of A material containing Calcium. The only limiting factors would be the volume of Coke and the concentration of acid, if there was insufficient reagent to fully dissolve the tooth in the volume of coke used, and the time the reaction takes place in, have enough Coke for a long enough time it would occur.
Coke does however make quite a good marinade for Pork though.
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Post by Cybermortis on Jul 14, 2014 13:04:43 GMT
They tested several coke myths years ago, including tooth in coke. It will stain the teeth and that's about it.
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Post by mrfatso on Jul 14, 2014 13:13:20 GMT
They tested the Myth of a tooth inCoke for 24 hrs, I am thinking of leaving it for longer, months maybe years. |
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Post by ironhold on Jul 14, 2014 14:08:56 GMT
Snopes.com has an entire page of myths concerning Coke. Not only do they have myths concerning the product itself, they also have myths concerning the packaging (including one that's probably NSFW) and the company itself. According to the actual page on the myth, the whole thing started when a professor delivered a greatly exaggerated account of Coke's effects to a House committee. A chemist working for Coke shot the guy's arguments down flat, but by then people had already taken the professor at face value.
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Post by mrfatso on Jul 14, 2014 15:33:32 GMT
Reading that page it does say that coke would eat way at the steps of the Capitol Building, just like any other acidic substance over time. It's like the erosion caused by acid rain, a very dilute substance over a long period of time can cause significant damage, in the case of acid rain the object is not submerged in the liquid, as a tooth would be in the Coke .
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Post by ironhold on Jul 14, 2014 15:49:51 GMT
Reading that page it does say that coke would eat way at the steps of the Capitol Building, just like any other acidic substance over time. It's like the erosion caused by acid rain, a very dilute substance over a long period of time can cause significant damage, in the case of acid rain the object is not submerged in the liquid, as a tooth would be in the Coke . Thing is, the professor made it sound like it'd happen immediately, when in actuality it'd take repeated exposure over a lengthy period. |
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Post by mrfatso on Jul 14, 2014 16:29:31 GMT
True, and I am sure it's the source of the myth as originally tested on Mythbusters.
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Post by the light works on Jul 14, 2014 17:03:23 GMT
Reading that page it does say that coke would eat way at the steps of the Capitol Building, just like any other acidic substance over time. It's like the erosion caused by acid rain, a very dilute substance over a long period of time can cause significant damage, in the case of acid rain the object is not submerged in the liquid, as a tooth would be in the Coke . Thing is, the professor made it sound like it'd happen immediately, when in actuality it'd take repeated exposure over a lengthy period. and probably repeated changes of the coke. though phosphoric acid is, in higher concentrations, pretty effective at dissolving things like rust and denim. |
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