Putting Coke in Freezer to cool faster?
 

Somehow I seem to attract people who love to argue over whether a soda can will in fact get cold quicker if you put it into the freezer instead of the fridge. After having just listened to two of my friends basically scream at each other for almost an hour and not come up with a more nuanced argument than "it does" " it doesn't" I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some science to shut them up.

I'm familliar with google, I did several searches and found nothing of note.

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it's colder in the freezer, therefore the heat in the coke gets drawn out faster, and the coke cools faster.

maybe?

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are your friends "special"?

OF COURSE it will get faster in the freezer, tell them to look up heat transfer etc.

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ummmm...a freezer is colder than a fridge. things get colder faster in cooler environs?

i guess i'm missing something.

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A freezer is colder than a fridge, therefore it will cool its objects faster.

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Somehow I seem to attract people who love to argue over whether a soda can will in fact get cold quicker if you put it into the freezer instead of the fridge. After having just listened to two of my friends basically scream at each other for almost an hour and not come up with a more nuanced argument than "it does" " it doesn't" I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some science to shut them up.

I'm familliar with google, I did several searches and found nothing of note.

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you have some dumb friends.

do a science experiment and find out for yourself. Have your friends bet large sums of money on it. (make sure and put your money on the freezer).

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This clearly belongs in the Trainwreck.

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Somehow I seem to attract people who love to argue over whether a soda can will in fact get cold quicker if you put it into the freezer instead of the fridge. After having just listened to two of my friends basically scream at each other for almost an hour and not come up with a more nuanced argument than "it does" " it doesn't" I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some science to shut them up.

I'm familliar with google, I did several searches and found nothing of note.

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this is kind of tough to do so bear with me:
you need the following:
2 cans of coke
2 thermometers
1 stop watch type thing

put the cans in the fridge and freezer at the same time..hit the start or go button on the stop watch and then after said time take them out and put the thermometers in them....


i cant believe i just wasted my time writing this

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Somehow I seem to attract people who love to argue over whether a soda can will in fact get cold quicker if you put it into the freezer instead of the fridge. After having just listened to two of my friends basically scream at each other for almost an hour and not come up with a more nuanced argument than "it does" " it doesn't" I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some science to shut them up.

I'm familliar with google, I did several searches and found nothing of note.

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you have some dumb friends.

do a science experiment and find out for yourself. Have your friends bet large sums of money on it. (make sure and put your money on the freezer).

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At this point I propably draw myself out of betting. There is always some catch and it's -EV to bet for the obvious choice...

I believe the freezer is the right choice, but you never know....

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1/4 of the times I've done this, I've forgotten I did it and had to spend an hour cleaning my freezer.

So I stopped doing it.