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Offline MatthewJames

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Which contains more electrolytes? Coca cola or orange juice?
« on: November 21, 2011, 11:12:00 AM »
I know phosphoric acid is a weak electrolyte and citric acid is strong but there's a lot of phosphoric acid in soda.

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Re: Which contains more electrolytes? Coca cola or orange juice?
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2011, 11:46:32 AM »
You seem to be jumping around with definitions here, you mention electrolytes, as in ions for conductivity.  Then you seem to focus only on acids in solution.  And I don't believe citric acid is a strong acid, and as weak acids go, phosphoric is stronger than organic acids.  However, a quick Goggle confirms that you're right, there's more acid in cola (pH ~ 2) than in orange juice (pH ~ 3)
Hey, I'm not judging.  I just like to shoot straight.  I'm a man of science.

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