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Fizzics. What happens next?

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I have no idea.

Came home with a favourite lemonade soda can, found I had forgot a previous purchase of same some week ago which I had decided to temporarily re - cool :p in a fridge ice - box (2 - star so not 4-star freezer).

Bin day tomorrow morning but decided not to bin it unopened. Never came across this issue that I can recall. I may summon up some courage later but suspect the ring pull will break.

For Geniuses only.


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What's happened is that it froze, at least partially, and the CO2 came out of solution. You can see that it was cold enough for ice to form on the outside. Between the gas no longer being dissolved and the ice taking up a larger volume than the water it's popped the can out. I wouldn't open it indoors...

You are lucky: I once went on a skiing holiday where we left the car in the airport car park for a fortnight. When we got back we noticed some brown residue on the roof of the car. First thought was that the sun roof had leaked, but then we found the can of coke my friend had left in the map compartment, which had frozen and burst while we were away (this was in the early 90s, when we still had cold winters some years...).
 
Thanks for that.

I'll let the can rest for a day or two somewhere safe, solated and cool - ish.

Wow, that burst on it's own inside the car then. Some pressure involved!

Good to know.
 
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Any ventures about when it warms back up. Increased pressure? We'll see anyhow.
 
Noted.
It's sitting in a plastic waste bucket with a tight lid in an unused bathroom corner, in case it has a mood to do something. (I sound like Rgamer).
Looks the same defrosted. There's nowhere to leave it safely in a suburban corner off of a busy road, and I don't have a car.
Unless I get kryptonite delivered . . no, I'll release it safely when I get back tomorrow in a downstairs back garden that doesn't belong to me, but people are away - though I'll probably fail and alarm the just returned elderly neighbours over the fence.
Anyone got a spare chicken suit?
More crazy predicaments next week unless I suddenly disappear. Spooky. :cool:
 
best thing to chill a can or bottle quickly is to soak a paper towel in water, wrap it around the beverage, and then toss it in the freezer (well do not literally toss it...LOL).....NOW DO NOT LEAVE IT IN THERE VERY LONG or the same thing will happen.....just set a timer for 5 mins or so and they will be perfectly cold.
 
Above all be careful of opening them up, if you can buy another two or three, just do not do the same thing either, otherwise you might have a rush of soda all over you and the floor too, if it is drinkable .
 
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