2006-08-20 04:33:19 · 7 answers · asked by mac_daddy011 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
While the mixture may make a great soda fountain; I don't think it can make a rocket out of a coke bottle. The reaction caused by the mentos and soda are only releasing all the gases contained in the liquid. I do not feel that the pressure created by the release is enough to launch the bottle, it is simply too heavy.
Think of it this way, if the mixture is creating only a 10 foot or so fountain, I don't think it will lift the bottle...
2006-08-20 04:54:21 · answer #1 · answered by mobile_wireless_news 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use Diet coke and keep it in the 2 liter bottle. Add about 5 to 10 mentos and watch out! The Coke will shoot up about 12 feet.
2006-08-20 04:41:39 · answer #2 · answered by peanutzz52 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 2 liter bottle of coke will not launch...it is too heavy...
But you might be able to quickly put something on the top that will launch... the thing is the reaction is VERY quick so you will not have time to fiddle around with dropping in mentos and then placing something on top... it needs to be along the lines of what you do with baking soda in a balloon (attach the balloon to a bottle of vinegar and then pick up balloon and shake baking soda in...) some rig like that but of course a rocket instead of a balloon etc...
sounds fun i might have to try something myself now that I am thinking about it... I have done the diet coke mentos and it is a BLAST really!
2006-08-20 05:26:10 · answer #3 · answered by Charity 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've not done it myself, but from what I've seen on the Internet, you just drop several Mentos tablets into a liter bottle of Diet Coke, shake it up good, slowly undue the cap, allowing for enough fizzy pressure to build up. Then let it fly.
2006-08-20 04:40:42 · answer #4 · answered by Feathery 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diet Coke and a Mento's-drop Mento's in Pop and watch it "explode".
2006-08-20 04:39:14 · answer #5 · answered by gonicki31 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use diet Coke and non-mint mentos
2006-08-20 04:38:39 · answer #6 · answered by bob h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are bored. go fly a kite!!!
2006-08-20 05:20:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋