2006-09-12 12:12:44 · 8 answers · asked by candice p 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
It doesn't really explode but it reacts. As the Mentos make contact with the diet coke several chemical reactions take place to make the big fizzy "explosion."
2006-09-12 12:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by Socom 3 player 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything rough will work. You are referring to the televised experiment. What most didn't show was that just about anything with a rough surface put into the diet coke caused it to form a geyser. Even a pebble. Can't explain the physics. Not my field of expertise.
2006-09-12 12:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by Emm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there are more important things in life, then why mentos make diet coke explode, perhaps science can explain?
2006-09-12 12:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by babygirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is possibly perfect to stick to water, this has no sugar or fat and likewise has no longer something extra to it. The strange weight loss plan coke would be ok, yet water would be extra effective to your hydration, epidermis and ordinary well-being and could make up maximum of your fluid desires. additionally, there have been lots of study, the place weight loss plan liquids are appropriate to different illnesses with the aid of man made sweetners. the long term outcomes on the physique are uncertain. Aspartme is known to be between the main deadly sweetners of all of them and is in weight loss plan coke.
2016-12-12 07:24:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saw the film on that awesome web site too I see, they explain it. Don't know what I'm talking about? Shoot me an e-mail, I should still have the link somewhere........
2006-09-12 12:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by Yahoo! Answers Chic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the Mythbusters episode, they explain the whole thing.
2006-09-12 12:14:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wut they said lol. i dont know how it works but its really cool to watch
2006-09-12 12:17:22 · answer #7 · answered by I-heart-randomness-! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
really?
2006-09-12 12:16:28 · answer #8 · answered by whitesilk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋