Wednesday, June 8, 2011

The Thermal Properties of Chewing Gum

OK, definitely not directly bus-related, but I found it amusing anyway.

If you've ever left a can or glass bottle of soda in a freezer for too long, you've seen what happens when it freezes, bursts the container, and oozes drink-flavored ice-stuff all over the place. All because water expands when it's frozen, right?

So: I keep a small (60-pc) tub of spearmint-flavored Eclipse gum in my car. Usually I remember to put it back into a shady spot when I get to the bus. Yesterday, I forgot and left it where the blazing sun (92+ F) could really heat it up. Gum doesn't explode like frozen soda, but I thought the results were amusing and kinda cool:

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