Diet Coke And Mentos Eruption Explained

A two liter bottle of diet soda diet soda makes for a much better reaction but you can use regular soda if you like.

Diet coke and mentos eruption explained. The roughness of the sweet and how fast it plummets to the bottle s base. Steve spangler s televised demonstration of the eruption. A study in the us has identified the prime factors that drive the fizzy plumes from coke bottles.

An index card picture below the mentos and coke volcano experiment. Let the soda warm up to room temperature. Erupting diet coke with mentos wax paper cutting board knife one roll of mentos at least eight candies two index cards tape two two liter bottles of diet coke an outdoor area at least two meters from buildings eye protection safety goggles or glasses video.

While you can use any carbonated beverage for the mentos and soda project there are a few tips to keep in mind to help get the best eruption. A bottle of soda is full of carbon dioxide the bubbles. Adam and jamie explore the science behind the fabled diet coke and mentos phenomenon.

It worked with both but the diet soda produced a bigger reaction. A diet coke and mentos eruption is a reaction between the carbonated beverage diet coke and mentos mints that causes the beverage to spray out of its container. It needs to be wide enough to use as loader for the mentos.

There are many explanations for this phenomenon. We also tried it with coloured mentos and mint mentos. The roughness of the sweet and how fast it plummets to the bottle s base.

We tried it with cola and lemonade. June 15 2008 the startling reaction between diet coke and mentos sweets made famous in thousands of youtube videos finally has a scientific explanation. The candies catalyze the release of gas from the beverage which creates an eruption that pushes most of the liquid up and out of the bottle.