Why does Mentos react with Diet Coke?

Why does Mentos react with Diet Coke?

In the Diet Coke bottle the Mentos candy provides a rough surface that allows the bonds between the carbon dioxide gas and water to break more easily, helping to create carbon dioxide bubbles. Because Mentos candies are rather dense, they sink rapidly through the liquid, causing a fast, large eruption.

What specifically will Adam and Jamie test with the Diet Coke and Mentos myth?

Mostly because the Mentos provide nucleation sites for the dissolved carbon dioxide in the Diet Coke to escape as a gas. Adam and Jamie did the tests simply to dissect the process and determine what actually makes a so-called Diet Coke geyser work.)

Which soda will explode the highest with Mentos?

Results. The Diet Pepsi exploded the most.

What happens if you put Mentos in Diet Coke?

… Jamie and Adam try to scientifically explain the recently publicized and highly entertaining chemical reaction caused as a result of placing a Mentos candy into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.

Why does dropping Mentos in a bottle of Diet Coke create a geyser effect?

Why does dropping Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke create a geyser effect? Mostly because the Mentos provide nucleation sites for the dissolved carbon dioxide in the Diet Coke to escape as a gas.

Why does Mentos explode in a soda bottle?

Mentos candies have very small pits in their shells. As the candy sinks to the bottom of the soda bottle, these pits increase the activity of the carbon dioxide gases in the soda. When the candies hit the bottom of the bottle, all of the gas that has been building up is released and the soda explodes from the bottle.

Why are Mentos important in the cascade effect?

Mostly because the Mentos provide nucleation sites for the dissolved carbon dioxide in the Diet Coke to escape as a gas. Other active ingredients in the cascade-effect reaction include aspartame (artificial sweetener), potassium benzoate (preservative),…