What is the Fastest Way To Cool Soda?

Procedure

Materials and Variables

Soda in the Freezer

1. Prepare one of the cooling device and Sprite bottles.

2. Take the temperatures of the sodas to be used.

3. Put three soda bottles in the cooling material to be used.

4. At a regular interval of 5 minutes within 60 minutes, check the temperature of the soda.

5. Calculate the average temperature of the three sodas for each temp check.

6. Repeat steps 1-6 for the other cooling devices.

7. Consider which one reached a stable cold temperature the fastest.

8. Enjoy the cold soda we already have from the experiment.

Measuring the Temperature of the Soda

Materials

• 710 mL Sprite bottles
• Freezer+Fridge compartment
• water and ice
• snow from outside
• Instant-read, Digital kitchen thermometer
• cooler

Variables

• temperature of soda throughout the experiment
• type of cooling device used for cooling the soda
• time of soda in the cooling device

Things to consider

We used snow for this experiment due to the fact that it is very accessible right now in winter. If you want to do this in a summer day then you wouldn't be able to use snow. Our alternative suggestion would be ice shavings since it is like snow in some way. Ice shavings will not be used for this experiment but it is possible that it is also an effective coolant for soda.

Results of our Experiment

Results

More Results

In our surprise, the results show that the cooling device that cooled the soda the fastest is as follows: ice-water, snow, freezer, refridgerator. The ice-water cooled the soda the fastest making the soda temperature drop from 22.3 degrees celsius to 7.4 degrees within 20 minutes which is fast compared to the others and the temperature became stable at around 40 minutes where it reached the temperature of around 5 degrees celsius. The snow made it cold quickly from 21.9 degrees to 11.1 degrees within 25 minutes but the snow melted throughout the procedure so the temperature stayed stable in around 10 to 11 degrees after 25 minutes.

Conclusion

The freezer compartment's results were unique compared to the other ones. Throughout the freezer procedure, the temperature difference for every 5 minutes is quite stable at an average interval of 0.221 degrees not counting the first 5 minutes since it's an outlier. The refridgerator is the least effective device: it did not reach a cold temperature that a person normally wants from soda, and it only went down to 16.7 degrees throughout the 60 minutes of the soda being left in the fridge.

Background

Acknowledgements and Bibliography

• http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Phys_p057.shtml#summary
• http://www.mansfieldct.org/schools/mms/staff/hand/convcondrad.htm
• http://www.ask.com/science/kinetic-theory-matter-relate-heat-transfer-f26c5bbdcce20c95
• Ralph's brain and thermometer
• Julius' fridge and freezer compartments, and cooler

In conclusion, the ice-water is the most effective way of cooling soda and using a fridge is the least. If you're experiencing a hot summer day and you want some soda but you forgot to leave some in your refridgerator, then just get some cold water, put some ice in there and the soda in around 15-20 minutes, you have some good cold soda.

Our science fair project is about which cooling devices can cool soda bottles the fastest; a freezer, a refridgerator, an ice-water, or snow. We do this by putting them in the cooling material and see which one cools the fastest within an hour. We used 710mL sprite bottles and an instant-read, digital thermometre.

Hypothesis

Ralph Lejano and Julius Medina

Our hypothesis is that the ice-water cooler will put the soda in a lower temperature the fastest due to the fact that the sodas will be in direct contact with the coolant which is the water. The second cooling device we hypothesize that will make the soda cool fast is the freezer because it is a cold chamber of gas and it is utilized for cooling consumables. The third in our rankings will be the snow since it also has a naturally low temperature. The last one will be the fridge since it is like a freezer but it's temperature is much less colder than the freezer.

What is the Fastest Way To Cool Soda?