Soda vs Cement

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by id3379

Friday morning they went to the corner to go clean it up and they said when they lifted the leaking pallet off the ground all the soda had chewed away the top of the cement!

She no longer drinks soda.

That's her call. Most likely it was the phosphoric acid in the Pepsi. Why it's there I do not know. However Phosphoric acid reacts with calcium and magnesium salts to form phosphates. In the process of doing so the structure of the Concrete is destroyed.

Another use for Pepsi or Coke is to remove rust from steel. Pure phosphoric acid is better for this purpose. It also has a citrus odor to it.

Gene