When in a chemistry class, one learns the "coke" is in fact, not coca cola but in fact another fancy term for carbon.
My teacher made a good joke out of it in our class, when someone asked a similar question, if you don't believe it.
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It is often stated that coke has enough acid to quickly dissolve a galvanized nail but in my science class I had a nail in coke for a complete school year and it had no effect other than to make it shiny.
It wont completely dissolve it but it will change the texture of the nail.
it takes more than a week
yes, it is just as strong as coke
No, Seven Up cannot dissolve a steel nail. Steel is a highly durable metal, and it would require a much stronger acid, like hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, to dissolve it. Seven Up is a carbonated soft drink with a mild acidity level that is not capable of breaking down steel.
I think this is an urban legend - a twist on the coke will dissolve a nail/tooth because it contains a very small amount of both citric acid and phosphoric acid. Pop contains such a small amount, it won't corrode a nail. Sounds like the email that passed by my desk that was word for word the same as the coke story, except it had the word Dr Pepper inserted wherever Coke should have been. Check out this great link. The writer did an experiment to see if the story was true. He documents the steps he took and the results: http://joshmadison.com/article/will-coke-dissolve-a-nail-experiment/
Coke will not melt a penny or a nail; that process would involve heat. Instead, the acid from the soda may oxidize some of the metal atoms in the penny and the nail, causing them to become ions and soluble. The some of the metal will dissolve, causing the penny or nail to become pitted and tarnished. However, these objects will not melt.
Coke or Pepsi has been used to remove rust from objects including nails. There was a myth that coke will dissolve nails but this has been proven false.
no coke can dissolve a hotdog because the acid in the coke eats the hotdog away.
NO! Coke can not dissolve raw meat in five days.
Some science fair projects that can be done using Coke are to see if the soda will dissolve a nail, can it clean a penny, or what effect the soda has on the teeth. Another project is to make a Mentos geyser using the Coke.