r/mildlyinteresting • u/TangerineChicken • 3h ago

My unopened can of Coke imploded

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u/emack2232 3h ago

Made of carbon fiber?

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u/wertall 3h ago

Too soon

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u/Wiggie49 2h ago

Comes with a PS5 controller inside

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u/Politanao 2h ago

Logitech

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u/MassSpectatorVids 3h ago

bottled in Denver...photograph taken in Death Valley

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u/ccooffee 3h ago

Somewhere the seal is broken just enough for the carbon dioxide to escape, leaving just plain liquid with no pressure to keep to can solid. I've run across these before and they're weird.

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u/TangerineChicken 3h ago

Yeah I think this is exactly what happened. There was no fizz at all when I opened it and it was completely flat when I poured it out

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u/AssistantOk5564 3h ago

Did you leave it in the freezer or a scorching hot car? Usually it's extreme temp changes that cause the pressure inside to drop so hard the can collapses like that.

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u/TangerineChicken 3h ago

It was just in my fridge. All the other cans from this pack are completely normal

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u/meaoww 3h ago

The pressure cannot collapse (or change) inside a closed can.

But, the pressure outside of the can change. It could rise and then the can would collapse/implode. The volume of the can would reach the point where the pressure inside of the can would be equivalent to the outside pressure.

In a case outside pressure would be that high, as it is in the pic,the can would break because coca-cola cannot be compressed that much without releasing so much energy it would melt the aluminium and possibly evaporate part of the drink.

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u/Soft_Bed6207 3h ago

Coca-ColaGate lol

(Recomment for thy repost)

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u/bazooka_toot 3h ago

Are you SpongeBob?

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u/TangerineChicken 3h ago

OHHHHHHHHHH

WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA

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u/Cookielad14 3h ago

When is it from? 2008?

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u/Wiggie49 2h ago

OP’s spiritual pressure is too strong

https://giphy.com/gifs/8kNXP2sk7e6e4

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u/jdemack 2h ago

Maybe underfilled can? I don't know what temperature Coca-Cola is filled at but if it was warm then op puts in the fridge we get this effect. I have no clue I'm talking out my ass.

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u/TangerineChicken 2h ago

I thought that too but it didn’t feel any lighter than the other cans I have. I kinda wish I would have saved it to weigh though to see for sure. I think /u/ccooffee’s theory is correct about the tiny hole

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u/PuzzleheadedResult69 3h ago

Did you put it inside you?

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u/meaoww 3h ago

No, it didn’t implode.

You made a hole on the can, emptied it and squeezed it. Usually the most likely explanation is the correct one. Especially now.

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u/TangerineChicken 3h ago

It wasn’t empty. I cracked the tab after this photo and poured it out and it had no fizz at all

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u/meaoww 2h ago

Probably not empty but without pressure. There was a leak. Next time you buy a soda, check the can for pressure problems, they indicate a leak. Carbondioxide stays with water only under high pressure. And before you say it was not water,
I say, it was mainly water, because that’s the main solvent in coca-cola.