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The density of the Mountain Dew is increased by the dissolved sugar, which occupies space between the water molecules making it more dense then water. Diet Pepsi has no additional sugar, and is therefore less dense then the water and floats.

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Will a diet pepsi float or sink in water?

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Does regular Pepsi sink or float?

if you toss a can of pepsi in a tank of water it will sink. the higher density is attributed to the 40 something grams of sugar they have dissolved in pepsi


When a can of Pepsi and diet Pepsi are dropped in a tank of room temperature water why does diet Pepsi float and Pepsi doesn't?

Because the high sugar content in regular coke makes it more dense. Diet sodas in general are less dense because the artificial sweetener used is much much sweeter than sugar, and so it is not necessary to add nearly as much (about 10 times less). So diet sodas are less dense than regular soda, and a can of diet soda will float in water but not regular.


Why will diet pop float but regular will not?

Why Diet Pop FloatsThings that are less dence than water float, and those more dense than water sink. Empty cans float, rocks sink. This happens because of density. Regular soda is heavier than the diet soda which makes one float and one sink. that show how mass and volume are different. Mass means how much stuff can fit in an object. If something is heavier, it has more mass. Volume means how much space an object takes up. both cans have the same volume, the heavier can has the greatest mass (More dense).Most of the diet sodas usually contain aspartame, artificial sweetener. regular sodas have sugar. Most regular sodas have about 41 grams of sugar. Diet soda is flavored with artificial sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar. sugar and aspartame are denser than water.Why do cans of diet soda float? It is because there is a little bit of space filled with gas, which is much less dense than the soda. Sugared drinks still have this headspace, but the excessive amounts of sugar added makes the can denser than water.


Will a raisin sink or float the fastest on carbonated waterdiet sodaor regular soda?

A raisin will float the fastest on regular soda, followed by diet soda, and then carbonated water. This is because regular soda has the highest sugar content which makes it the most buoyant, while carbonated water has the least amount of sugar.


Why does regular coke sink but Diet Coke floats?

Diet coke is less dense than regular coke.


What is the relationship between mass and volume of sugar soda and diet soda?

I remember in 8th grade we did an experiement with this. Get an empty fish aquarium and fill it with water. Get a can pepsi, and a can diet pepsi. Drop both in at the same time. Which One Floats? The diet will. The Pepsi will sink tot he bottom. So there is a big difference.


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Objects float or sink because of their density and not because of their weight?

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