Effervescence
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Image:Soda bubbles macro.jpg Effervescence is the escape of gas from a liquid solution. The term is usually used to describe the foaming or fizzing that results from gas escaping rapidly from a solution.
In the lab a common example of effervescence is the addition of hydrochloric acid to a block of limestone. If you put a few pieces of marble or an antacid tablet in hydrochloric acid in a test tube fitted with a cork, you can witness the effervescence of carbon dioxide.Carbonate and dilute acid also produces effervescence which contains carbon dioxide.
Effervescence is the cause of bubbles in fizzy drinks (carbon dioxide escaping water; see carbonation), beers and sparkling wines.
In simple terms, it is the result of a chemical reaction occurring in a liquid which produces a gaseous product.
It can also be used to describe a personality type as in lively and high-spirited; bubbly.