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Why Does My Drink Taste ‘Weird’ After My Ice Melts
You are a teacher’s assistant for your Chemistry teacher’s business: “Chill Out: Reusable Ice Cubes”. You’ve been tasked with answering customer emails, and you just received the following email from an inquiring teenager who is also a Chemistry student like you:
“Hello ‘Chill Out!’ I have a question about your product … I was studying online for my upcoming Chemistry assessment, and got thirsty after verbalizing my frustrations converting grams to moles (you probably don’t know anything about that)! I went to the kitchen to get a cold glass of 100% apple juice, adding about 10 ice cubes to my cup to make it even colder. I took a quick taste of my juice to quench my thirst, when then I heard a notification on my laptop about an extra credit opportunity in another class, and quickly diverted my attention to completing that new task! Approximately 60 minutes later, I went back to my Chemistry studies, and my cold cup of apple juice. As I took another sip, I noticed something odd: my juice tasted ‘WEIRD,’ and all of the ice was gone (and I really wanted my drink to be cold)! Your product description online states that it won’t allow for this type of event to happen! I want to make sure of this before I purchase your reusable ice cubes that I ask you WHY your product won’t make my drink taste weird, whereas, my real ice cubes do? Is there something wrong with real water ice cubes that I should be worried about? Can you explain to me what happened to my drink, and why your product won’t do the same?
Sincerely, a Concerned and Thirsty Chemistry Student
For your assignment, you are tasked with writing a reply email to this customer explaining what potentially happened to their drink (and why the taste changed). Within your response, you must use the following vocabulary words, in the correct scientific context, to explain the benefits of your product, “Chill Out: Reusable Ice Cubes” and the chemical process that occurred to the customer’s drink: moles, solute, solvent, concentration, and dilution.
