The experiment will be based on checking the concentration on how acidic the common beverages: sprite, coca-cola, tea,and coffee are. A titration lab will be required to answer the following questions, how much acid is contained in the drinks? Will the acid of the drinks have serious affect on tooth enamel. Introduction
The common American beverages, have an acid that is either very strong or weak, such as Sprite, Coke, Tea, and coffee. These common beverages can be very dangerous to both your teeth, and tooth enamel. Sprite contains a very strong acid with a pH of 2.8, and if drank on a daily basis, your teeth will start to decay and rot, not only that but your tooth enamel will start to wear off. Coke is very similar to sprite so the same thing will happen. Coca-cola has a pH of 3.1, which is just a little less acidic than sprite. When drinking sprite, the damage is stronger because of the high acidity it contains. Sprite and Coca-Cola are not the only beverages that are acidic, Coffee and Tea don’t stay behind, coffee has a ph of 5.0 and tea has a ph of 6.4
Green tea has the pH of 6.4-7.5 as the typical American diet is loaded with high acid producing agents like meat, eggs, and dairy, and far too low of alkaline producing foods, such as vegetables green tea helps to alkalize the system. Coffee has the pH 5.2 to 6.9, since coffee and tea are less acidic it takes a longer time to do affect on your tooth enamel.
Sprite had a faster reaction than coca cola because it was more acidic. With the lab that was conducted it was prove that sprite and coca cola is more acidic than caffeinated beverages like coffee and tea.