Monday, November 2, 2015

thermodynamics - Alka Seltzer Model: formulas/models requested



This evening I became fascinated with how my Alka Seltzer tablet disintegrates over time within a small portion of Diet Lipton Citrus Ice Tea. I used a nearly frozen cup; tall, as one might request in a middle-class restaurant.


It is interesting to notice that the Alka Seltzer tablet attempts to float to the top of the glass; but it just cant quite make it, e.g., it keeps bobbing up and down and finally it becomes complete residue.


What are the formulas for this, completely? What might the mathematical model look like from start to finish? My first identifications include, but certainly not limited to: measuring the cup, the milligrams deposited into the cup and of course a the makings of a typical tablet of Alka Seltzer excluding room temperature?




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