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Which soda reacts the most to Mentos?
Believe it or not, research scientists have actually concluded that Diet Coke produces the best stream of flying soda (much to the joy of the Mentos Experiment enthusiasts).
Do Mentos make other sodas explode?
The bumps and cavities on the surface of a Mentos candy increase the surface area that comes in contact with the soda. Coupled with the ingredients in the candy, this physical property makes Mentos an explosive addition to a bottle of soda.
How do you make Mentos and soda foam?
Step 1: Remove the lid from the Diet Coke and set it the bottle of soda on a flat surface.
- Step 2: Roll the paper into a tube around a pack of Mentos mints, tape it into place and pull it off of the roll of mints.
- Step 3: Hold your finger over one end of the paper tube and have your child fill it up with Mentos mints.
What drinks explode with Mentos?
A Diet Coke and Mentos eruption (also known as a soda geyser) is a reaction between the carbonated beverage Diet Coke and Mentos mints that causes the beverage to be expelled from its container.
What can you add to Coke to make it explode?
Why does soda explode when you put Mentos into it?
As the Mentos candy sinks in the bottle, the candy causes the production of more and more carbon dioxide bubbles, and the rising bubbles react with carbon dioxide that is still dissolved in the soda to cause more carbon dioxide to be freed and create even more bubbles, resulting in the eruption.
Why does Coca Cola react with Mentos?
coca cola has carbonic acid which every soft drink have for fizz and mentos have mint which acts as a base and when mentos and coca cola are mixed together they reacts because every acid and base reacts with each other. And the foam and liquid gets left after the reaction is their product.
What is in Mentos that makes soda explode?
The surfactants in Mentos are found in its ingredients. Primarily, the sugar, aspartame and potassium benzoate included in the candy shell reduce the work it takes to form bubbles in the soda, causing a rapid creation of carbon dioxide bubbles. These ingredients accelerate the foaming action of the soda very quickly, causing the infamous explosion.
Why do Mentos react better with Diet Coke?
A paper by Tonya Coffey, a physicist confirmed that the rough surface of the Mentos candy helps speed the reaction. Coffey also found that the aspartame in diet soda lowers the surface tension and causes a bigger reaction, but that caffeine does not accelerate the reaction.