I feel like it would be useful to know exactly how much alcohol is in a can or a bottle. Also why is alcohol the only thing measured in percentages and not sugar or caffeine or medicine?

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      Which is basically the same since 1g of water is 1ml.

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          The difference is quite small though right? Since a soda is still largely just water with sugar in it.

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            I would guess about 4% heavier with sugar, which is just enough so that a can of Dr. Pepper sinks while a diet can of Dr. Pepper floats. I think I recall the specific gravity of most sugar flavored soda was around 1.04 but I would need to check sources.

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          Why? Because it’s slightly heavier with all the sugar in it?

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        Of water, yes, but not of sugar.

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          Yes but I figured a pretty good approximation. I’m actually curious how much of a difference it would actually make.

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            A quick google says you can dissolve up to 2g of sugar in 1g of water, so a pretty big difference apparently

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      Alcohol drinks is vol% around here.