Have you ever seen a video where the people?

Question

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4077724936497803978

do this?
(Put mentos into diet soda and... well, just look at the video)

I know how and why it happens, but don't you think that looks cool?

Have you ever done it?


I'm totally going out tomorrow to buy some soda and mentos


(YES, I am extremely bored)

How is the weather?

As you probably know, soda pop is basically sugar (or diet sweetener), flavoring, water and preservatives. The thing that makes soda bubbly is invisible carbon dioxide gas, which is pumped into bottles at the bottling factory using tons of pressure. Until you open the bottle and pour a glass of soda, the gas mostly stays suspended in the liquid and cannot expand to form more bubbles, which gases naturally do. But there's more...

If you shake the bottle and then open it, the gas is released from the protective hold of the water molecules and escapes with a whoosh, taking some of the soda along with it. What other ways can you cause the gas to escape? Just drop something into a glass of soda and notice how bubbles immediately form on the surface of the object. For example, adding salt to soda causes it to foam up because thousands of little bubbles form on the surface of each grain of salt.

Many scientists, including Lee Marek, claim that the Mentos phenomenon is a physical reactio

reaction, not a chemical one. Water molecules strongly attract each other, linking together to form a tight mesh around each bubble of carbon dioxide gas in the soda. In order to form a new bubble, or even to expand a bubble that has already formed, water molecules must push away from each other. It takes extra energy to break this "surface tension." In other words, water "resists" the expansion of bubbles in the soda.

When you drop the Mentos into the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic from the dissolving candy break the surface tension. This disrupts the water mesh, so that it takes less work to expand and form new bubbles. Each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pits all over the surface. These tiny pits are called nucleation sites - perfect places for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos hit the soda, bubbles form all over the surface of the candy. Couple this with the fact that the Mentos candies are heavy and sink to the bottom of the bottle and you've got a dou

reaction, not a chemical one. Water molecules strongly attract each other, linking together to form a tight mesh around each bubble of carbon dioxide gas in the soda. In order to form a new bubble, or even to expand a bubble that has already formed, water molecules must push away from each other. It takes extra energy to break this "surface tension." In other words, water "resists" the expansion of bubbles in the soda.

When you drop the Mentos into the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic from the dissolving candy break the surface tension. This disrupts the water mesh, so that it takes less work to expand and form new bubbles. Each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pits all over the surface. These tiny pits are called nucleation sites - perfect places for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos hit the soda, bubbles form all over the surface of the candy. Couple this with the fact that the Mentos candies are heavy and sink to the bottom of the bottle and you've got a dou

double-whammy. When all this gas is released, it literally pushes all of the liquid up and out of the bottle in an incredible soda blast. You can see a similar effect when cooking potatoes or pasta are lowered into a pot of boiling water. The water will sometimes boil over because organic materials that leach out of the cooking potatoes or pasta disrupt the tight mesh of water molecules at the surface of the water, making it easier for bubbles and foam to form.

double-whammy. When all this gas is released, it literally pushes all of the liquid up and out of the bottle in an incredible soda blast. You can see a similar effect when cooking potatoes or pasta are lowered into a pot of boiling water. The water will sometimes boil over because organic materials that leach out of the cooking potatoes or pasta disrupt the tight mesh of water molecules at the surface of the water, making it easier for bubbles and foam to form.

Answer 1

The weather is great...I am curious to. Ill be experimenting tomarrow as well!!!

Answer 2

Yeah I've seen it, tried it in a 7/11 parking lot, it works. Mentos, the fresh maker! It's hot down here! I answered all questions didn't I?

Answer 3

Weather is a little warm to tell you the truth.

Thanks for that. I have never seen or heard about the coke/mentos thing. Very interesting.

Answer 4

Where do you think I learn all my tricks? I remember the first one I saw but I was like 10 then so who knows what it was. I've seen more then I could ever remember.\\ ;-)

Answer 5

They had featured that on yahoo hamepage..but i missed it..thnks for givin the link..it was fun.I wud have tried that..but i do'nt wanna clean the bathroom the whole day long....

Answer 6

Ash a cigarrette in a brand new can of beer. That'll be a learning experience for you...

Answer 7

that's great wish I could try it - any ideas why it happens? good luck with you're experiment

and the weather here is freaking hot

Answer 8

it reminds me of the Hot Geyser at Yellowstone

Answer 9

go to some adult joke site then also if u r bored sleep

Answer 10

yes at http//www.video people.com