Mead Lovers Digest #1614

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Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1614, 12 December 2012 
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Mead Lover's Digest #1614                                  12 December 2012 

                      Mead Discussion Forum 

Contents: 
  Gas solubility and carbonation ("Spencer W. Thomas") 

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Subject: Gas solubility and carbonation 
From: "Spencer W. Thomas" <hbd@spencerwthomas.com> 
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:55:10 -0500 

Wow, there's a lot of misconception running around here. 

1. Nitrogen is very slightly soluble in water (0.02g N2 / kg H2O at 
20C). As Dave Houseman pointed out, this is much lower than CO2 
solubility (2g CO2 / kg H2O at 20C). But there's more to it than that. 
The "fizz" of carbonated beverages is partly due to the bubbles, but 
much more due to the carbonic acid that results when CO2 dissolves in 
water, and when it hits your mucus membranes. Nitrogen does not give 
this effect. 

2. Argon is MORE soluble in water than Nitrogen (0.06 g Ar / kg H2O at 20C). 

Solubility numbers from 
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/gases-solubility-water-d_1148.html 

=Spencer in Ann Arbor 

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