– why do carbonated bubbles burn your throat when you drink too much or too fast?
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When CO2 is dissolved in water, before it forms bubbles, it is in the form of carbonic acid. This chemical is full of negative hydrogen ions which will react with various other chemicals like the ones making up your cells. So what you are feeling is actually the carbonic acid chemically burning away the cells in your throat. Thankfully it is not much acid and it is not able to do much damage.
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