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i know that the reason diet coke and mentos go "BOOM" is that...

mentos act as a catalyst to the reaction and intensfy the release.

It's a process called nucleation, the carbon molecules get stuck in the bumps of the Mentos and that causes the oxygen to be left in a less dense state so it rises out of the bottle and takes liquid with it.

diffusion of two chemical substances namely carbon dioxide and oxygen.

and i know that...

its an exothermic reastion.

is all of that true? what else should i know for my project...please help me people...im in the 9th grade too.

2007-12-09 14:14:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Other - Science

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I watched this on MythBusters, and it sounds like you got it covered pretty well.

They also noted that it needs to be diet soda for the maximum effect.

Here's a link to a synopsis of the episode with the mentos and diet coke...

2007-12-09 14:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0 0

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