BRICK - Firefighters and Hazmat workers responded to a 7-Eleven convenience store Monday afternoon after a soda tank leaked higher-than-normal levels of compressed carbon dioxide, police said.

Carbon dioxide tanks, which can hold up to 500 pounds of carbon dioxide, also are used to give beer a boost from the keg to a mug and, in Colorado, it aids in the growth of marijuana.

When you trigger a soda fountain dispenser, a carbon dioxide tank infuses the water coming into the machine with carbonation. Both the carbonated water and a flavored syrup combine in your cup.

The shortage of carbon dioxide is affecting beer, soda, seltzer and other businesses. ... Air Products topped off his tanks right before ethanol production halted," the Ames Tribune reported.

A 2016 law on carbon dioxide emissions goes into effect Jan. 1 and businesses are scrambling to comply with it. But is the required expenditure of millions of dollars in new required equipment ...

The tank itself cost me about $170, and included the first batch of CO₂. ... You don’t really need the replacement canisters, you just need what’s in them: carbon dioxide.

When carbon dioxide is added ... The lower surface tension of diet soda means ... Larger brewers often capture CO₂ produced during a fermentation process and pump that gas into the tanks that ...

And, he said, Soda Sense will refill any 14.5-ounce/60-liter carbon dioxide bottles — not just their own. "We take all the worry out of it," he said. "We lived the problem and wanted to find a ...

This produces a higher amount of carbon dioxide in the drink and reduces its chances of going flat. ... So, even without stainless steel tanks, fountain soda can take on a unique flavor, ...