Question

Jeremy decides to put an unopened soft drink can in the freezer. Several hours later Jeremy goes to retrieve the can from the freezer only to notice that the can has burst. This demonstrates that the _____ of the soft drink changed.

Answer 1

Density is the answer.

Answer 2

pressure is the answer!!!!

Answer 3

Soda is made up almost entirely of water and a soda bottle explodes in the freezer because of the way water behaves. Most substances contract when they are cooled. Heat is molecular motion--the hotter something is, the faster its molecules move and the more they bump into each other and spread apart. When a substance is cooled down, the molecules move more slowly, allowing them to get nearer each other without colliding and spreading apart.

Ice, The Exception
This phenomena happens with water too, up to a point. When water gets near to freezing(ICE), it actually starts to expand. The hydrogen atoms in a water molecule are attracted to the oxygen atoms in neighboring water molecules, forming a rigid, crystalline structure. This structure takes up more space then free moving water molecules do, causing the ice to expand. Soda bottles and cans are designed for a certain volume of liquid. As the water expands inside the container, it strains the bottle and can actually rupture it. This usually happens when the liquid inside is only partially frozen. The rest of the soda can then leak out and make a huge mess all over the inside of your freezer.

Answer 4

I found the answer in a web page http://goo.gl/w9Xrr:
1) When you freeze a soft drink it will drive all the dissolved CO2, the gas that forms the bubbles, out of it. This creates an overpressure situation in the headspace between the beverage and the can

2) Because soft drinks are made out of water and water expands when frozen, the ice takes up more space in the can.

3) Soft drink cans are made out of thin aluminum, which won't stretch.

Add them together and the can has no choice but to burst.