Why does Coca Cola fizz when you drop a Mentos in it?!
I just dropped a Mentos (fruit flavor) into my Coca Cola and it totally fizzed! Why is this!?
(I've always heard it would !.!. now I've seen it for myself! :)
!.!. but I don't know why it does this!?
Can someone tell me why!?!!? !.!. thanks!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
(I've always heard it would !.!. now I've seen it for myself! :)
!.!. but I don't know why it does this!?
Can someone tell me why!?!!? !.!. thanks!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
There is a chemical reaction caused by the cola and the sugar in the mentosWww@FoodAQ@Com
its because of a chemical reaction between the fizzyness of the coke and the carbon dioxide in the mentos !. when you drop it in , they react and the carbon dioxide in the mentos tries to escape and if you look at a mentos , you can see billions of small holes that is where the carbondioxide escapes!. you can see the full explaination video in youtube by the mythbusters just click on the link
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=kMXPOqovS!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=kMXPOqovS!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The change in temperature, reaction to any object dropped into it, etc!.
When you open the bottle, the pressure escapes (bicarbonate) which is pumped in under pressure!.
Anything will make it fizz out, even if you shake the bottle!.
You Mentos actually causes a reaction (such as between any two or more chemical substances) hence the fizz!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
When you open the bottle, the pressure escapes (bicarbonate) which is pumped in under pressure!.
Anything will make it fizz out, even if you shake the bottle!.
You Mentos actually causes a reaction (such as between any two or more chemical substances) hence the fizz!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The coca cola is acidic, and it reacts with the Mento and hence the fizzing!. Releasing carbon dioxide!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
the outside texture of the mintos lets the co2 leave faster much faster and it fuzzes alot!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I think its coz of the sugar content, coz even if you add sugar to cola it will fizzz!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Diet Coke and Mentos Eruption (also known as a Mentos eruption or a soda geyser) is a reaction of Diet Coke and mint flavored Mentos candies!.
A Diet Coke bottle shortly after Mentos were dropped into it
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Explanation
3 See also
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links
[edit] History
Steve Spangler initiated the Internet phenomenon when he appeared on 9News in 2002 and 2005, both times showcasing the experiment!. [1]
The experimenting result was then further popularized by the website Eepybird!.com, which promoted a video in which two men re-created the fountain display seen in front of the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas using a timed series of eruptions!. Later Eepybird videos featured "self-activating" soda jets linked together to form a Domino Rally-style effect!. In September 2007, the videos, including the "Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiments" video that was viewed more than 10 million times, earned the pair the highest yearly payout of US$50000 from the video hosting service Revver!.[2]
The eruption has been reproduced many times by popular sources, including the television shows Numb3rs and MythBusters and an appearance by cast member Kari Byron in FHM magazine, an experiment conducted by Bart Simpson on The Simpsons episode, The Debarted, an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman by physics teacher Lee Marek, and others!. The MythBusters later created what is believed to be the record highest soda jet recorded, at over 29 feet (9 meters), using a nozzle!.[citation needed]
A World Record for a Mentos Eruption was set July 10, 2007 by Circle R Ranch and Books Are Fun during a special event in Flower Mound, Texas!. Guinness World Records certified the record-setting effort when 850 independent sales representatives from Books Are Fun, a Reader’s Digest Company, simultaneously dropped Mentos into individual two-liter bottles of Diet Pepsi!. The New World record - 791 Mentos Eruptions - beat the former World Record was set on May 24, 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio when 504 Mentos-and-Coke geysers were set off reaching over 29 feet with the use of a nozzle!.
On the 23rd of April, 2008, students in the Belgian city of Leuven set a new world record, simultaneously launching 1,360 Mentos geysers[3]!. On May 14, 2008, students at Louisville Male High School in Louisville, Kentucky, broke this record by setting off 1,800 reactions at the same time!.[4]
[edit] Explanation
Nevertheless, it does not explain why only diet coke reacts in such a way, whereas basic Coke or any other soft drink only drops few bubbles, due here indeed to the mentos surface!.
The reaction was the subject of an August 9, 2006 episode of MythBusters, a popular television program on the Discovery Channel!.[5] They concluded that the caffeine, potassium benzoate, aspartame, and CO2 gas contained in the Diet Coke and the gelatin and gum arabic ingredients of the Mentos all contribute to the jet effect!.[6] In addition, the MythBusters theorized that the physical structure of the Mentos is the most significant cause of the eruption!. When flavored Mentos with a smooth waxy coating were tested in carbonated water, no reaction occurred, whereas standard Mentos added to carbonated water formed a small eruption, by their claim, affirming the nucleation-site theory!. This was further supported when rock salt was used as an effective substitute for Mentos!.[6] The experiment was also repeated in an episode of Numb3rs!.[7] And in one episode of The Simpsons, Bart threatens a new kid that he was going to use Diet Coke and Mentos to spute him!. But when Bart is almost taken to Juvenile Hall, the new kid crashed the Diet Cokes and the Mentos together and made a giant spute!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A Diet Coke bottle shortly after Mentos were dropped into it
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Explanation
3 See also
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links
[edit] History
Steve Spangler initiated the Internet phenomenon when he appeared on 9News in 2002 and 2005, both times showcasing the experiment!. [1]
The experimenting result was then further popularized by the website Eepybird!.com, which promoted a video in which two men re-created the fountain display seen in front of the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas using a timed series of eruptions!. Later Eepybird videos featured "self-activating" soda jets linked together to form a Domino Rally-style effect!. In September 2007, the videos, including the "Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiments" video that was viewed more than 10 million times, earned the pair the highest yearly payout of US$50000 from the video hosting service Revver!.[2]
The eruption has been reproduced many times by popular sources, including the television shows Numb3rs and MythBusters and an appearance by cast member Kari Byron in FHM magazine, an experiment conducted by Bart Simpson on The Simpsons episode, The Debarted, an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman by physics teacher Lee Marek, and others!. The MythBusters later created what is believed to be the record highest soda jet recorded, at over 29 feet (9 meters), using a nozzle!.[citation needed]
A World Record for a Mentos Eruption was set July 10, 2007 by Circle R Ranch and Books Are Fun during a special event in Flower Mound, Texas!. Guinness World Records certified the record-setting effort when 850 independent sales representatives from Books Are Fun, a Reader’s Digest Company, simultaneously dropped Mentos into individual two-liter bottles of Diet Pepsi!. The New World record - 791 Mentos Eruptions - beat the former World Record was set on May 24, 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio when 504 Mentos-and-Coke geysers were set off reaching over 29 feet with the use of a nozzle!.
On the 23rd of April, 2008, students in the Belgian city of Leuven set a new world record, simultaneously launching 1,360 Mentos geysers[3]!. On May 14, 2008, students at Louisville Male High School in Louisville, Kentucky, broke this record by setting off 1,800 reactions at the same time!.[4]
[edit] Explanation
Nevertheless, it does not explain why only diet coke reacts in such a way, whereas basic Coke or any other soft drink only drops few bubbles, due here indeed to the mentos surface!.
The reaction was the subject of an August 9, 2006 episode of MythBusters, a popular television program on the Discovery Channel!.[5] They concluded that the caffeine, potassium benzoate, aspartame, and CO2 gas contained in the Diet Coke and the gelatin and gum arabic ingredients of the Mentos all contribute to the jet effect!.[6] In addition, the MythBusters theorized that the physical structure of the Mentos is the most significant cause of the eruption!. When flavored Mentos with a smooth waxy coating were tested in carbonated water, no reaction occurred, whereas standard Mentos added to carbonated water formed a small eruption, by their claim, affirming the nucleation-site theory!. This was further supported when rock salt was used as an effective substitute for Mentos!.[6] The experiment was also repeated in an episode of Numb3rs!.[7] And in one episode of The Simpsons, Bart threatens a new kid that he was going to use Diet Coke and Mentos to spute him!. But when Bart is almost taken to Juvenile Hall, the new kid crashed the Diet Cokes and the Mentos together and made a giant spute!.Www@FoodAQ@Com