Thank you so much for your response so my question now is why don’t containers explode them if you say in 10 gal of beer I have 25 gallons of co2 that’s a lot right ?Volumes of CO2 are the volume the gas would take up at 0 degrees celcius if it was removed from the beer. So, if you have a bunch of beer carbonated at 2.5 volumes of CO2 (say 10 litres for this example), there is 25 litres of CO2 dissolved in that 10 litres of beer.
This will change with temperature and pressure. CO2 is more soluble at lower temperatures. It is also more soluble at higher pressures. The measurement is volumes of gas. In the above example, if you had 10 gallons of beer carbonated at 2.5 volumes, you'd have 25 gallons of CO2 dissolved in that 10 gallons of beer. I grabbed this picture from a Brewers Association presentation on carbonation. I think it shows what I'm trying to explain.
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The full presentation is an interesting read and is located here.
Here is another explanation including a link to a carbonation chart.
Hope that helps.
Cheers!
Chris
Thank you so much for your response so my question now is why don’t containers explode them if you say in 10 gal of beer I have 25 gallons of co2 that’s a lot right ?
Thank you so much for your response so my question now is why don’t containers explode them if you say in 10 gal of beer I have 25 gallons of co2 that’s a lot right ?
Thank you so much for your response so my question now is why don’t containers explode them if you say in 10 gal of beer I have 25 gallons of co2 that’s a lot right ?
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