Anything carbonated gets its fizziness from carbonic acid, which quite literally erodes enamel away." Eugenio Marongiu / Getty Images/Image Source I was super curious about why carbonation affects ...

In the can, the CO2 is placed under high pressure, which changes it from a gas to a liquid — carbonic acid. This is why ...

Carbon dioxide dissolves in (and reacts with) water, forming carbonic acid. As this acid forms, it breaks down (dissociates) into a hydrogen ion and a bicarbonate ion. The hydrogen ion (produced when ...

Carbon dioxide reacts with water to produce carbonic acid. The double arrow means that carbonic acid breaks down pretty readily to form carbon dioxide and water again. A hydrogen atom from the ...