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October 16

Why is salt water more "fizzy" than regular water?

When you shake or pour salt water, it seems to create more bubble and has a longer fizz sound than regular water. I think it has to do something with surface tension, but I'm not sure that's the only reason. If surface tension is the sole factor, then why shaking mercury do not produce an even longer fizzing sound or more bubbles? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 15:26, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Evidently, it's complicated. A summary:

Ball, Philip (4 April 2016). "Why salty water foams". Chemistry World. --136.56.52.157 (talk) 21:44, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was all the dead mermaids. Iapetus (talk) 23:33, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]