Re: Which evaporates faster water or soda pop?

Miguel,

If you were to read the ingredient list on the can of soda you'd see water 
listed first, sugar [probably listed as High Fructose Corn Syrup] and a variety 
of colors and flavors. 

This list is in order of major ingredient first, next most common ingredient 
second and so on [This an FDA requirement for all foods; the manufacturer is 
not required to include the actual percentages of each ingredient, however.]

Water containing dissolved materials [like sugars] actually evaporate a bit 
slower that pure water but without very precise weighing equipment, is hard to 
determine with accuracy. If you let both liquids evaporate until dry, you'ld 
find the jar that had pure water to be empty and dry but the soda jar would 
have a sticky residue left on the bottom. This residue is all the other 
ingredients you found on the label.

Mold needs [in most cases] the same things to live as we do: air, water and 
food. Air is everywhere and the soda provides the water and food [sugar]. Mold 
doesn't grow on pure water because there is no food there.

This gets into a whole new branch of science called Microbiology. If you're 
interested, there are many articles in the MAD Scientist Archives on this 
subject.

Ken