Where do they get the CO2 that makes soda fizz?

Subject: Where do they get the CO2 that makes soda fizz?

Date: Sat Mar 30 21:19:10 2002
Posted by Kathe
Grade level: 4-6 School: Hampstead Middle School
City: Hampstead State/Province: NH Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1017541150.Ch

Message:


I know that dissolved CO2 produces the fizz in soda, but where do they get the 
CO2? If they buy it from a bottled gas distribution company, where do they get 
it? In other words, how is the CO2 produced that eventually ends up inside soda 
cans?

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