How are drinks carbonated?
A quest for information about carbonation, the process that puts the fizz into soda pop, was more difficult than we had anticipated. We tested and rejected various straightforward searches we’d hoped would refresh and enlighten us. It wasn’t until our search for a “carbonation FAQ” led us to the soda section in the Chemistry of everyday life FAQ, that we started feeling bubbly again. From a Coca-Cola question, we followed a link to the history pages on The Soda Fountain. We read about naturally occuring mineral springs and foul-smelling spritzy water served up at fancy European health spas for the last several hundred years. In the First Glass section of the site, we leared tha
