How can you uncarbonate a carbonated beverage?

Answer 1

You might think of several variables which could conceivably alter the carbonation:

1. Refrigerated, room temp, heated

2. capped v. uncapped

3. With a silver spoon hanging in it.

You can probably think of more (in a quite place/noisy place, light place/dark place, still place/moving place, etc.)

Pick a few, probably no more than three (two is probably best). Then do a repeated experiment in each of those conditions. That is, put soda say, in a refrigerator uncapped, and one in the refrigerator capped. Put one on the counter capped, and another uncapped, etc. (Don't heat up soda when it is capped, however.)

At the end of your experiment, see which are the most flat and which are the least. Repeat sets of conditions (use, say, two bottles instead of one) to get additional confidence in the result.

Answer 2

To uncarbonate a carbonated beverage, you can simply leave the drink exposed to the air for some time. The carbonation will gradually escape as the bubbles rise to the surface and evaporate. Alternatively, you can stir the drink rapidly to release the carbon dioxide more quickly.

Answer 3

Carbon dioxide is soluble in water and the bottle is under pressure. Both make the gas stay in the liquid.

Answer 4

Carbonated water will uncarbonate itself with time. You can increase the rate by shaking or heating.

Answer 5

Just keep the plastic bottle closed.