What happens when Coca Cola reacts with Mentos?
What happens when Coca Cola reacts with Mentos?
As the Mentos candy sinks in the bottle, the candy causes the production of more and more carbon dioxide bubbles, and the rising bubbles react with carbon dioxide that is still dissolved in the soda to cause more carbon dioxide to be freed and create even more bubbles, resulting in the eruption.
Which cola is best for Mentos?
Diet Coke
Believe it or not, research scientists have actually concluded that Diet Coke produces the best stream of flying soda (much to the joy of the Mentos Experiment enthusiasts).
Does Mentos work with cheap cola?
The trick works with any carbonated beverage. It works with regular cola, orange soda, root beer, etc. It’s actually very cool when performed with tonic water under a black light because you get a glowing blue fountain. However, you can use seltzer water (very easy cleanup) or any soda.
How do you make a soda Mentos bomb?
Step 1: Remove the lid from the Diet Coke and set it the bottle of soda on a flat surface.
- Step 2: Roll the paper into a tube around a pack of Mentos mints, tape it into place and pull it off of the roll of mints.
- Step 3: Hold your finger over one end of the paper tube and have your child fill it up with Mentos mints.
What happens when you mix baking soda with Coke?
The alkaline baking soda reacts with the phosphoric acid in cola which rapidly breaks down into carbon dioxide and causes the eruption from a closed container.
Did you know the classic “Mentos & soda” experiment is actually a demonstration?
Click here for my full disclosure. Did you know the classic “mentos & soda” experiment is actually a demonstration. What this means, is that it usually does not involve problem solving or predictions. Instead, it simply demonstrates the reasoning behind the explosion of soda.
What happens when Mentos dissolves in Diet Coke?
Mentos and Diet Coke Experiment Carbon dioxide is the chemical compound that consists of two oxygen atoms bonded to a carbon atom. Carbon dioxide creates the bubbles in soda. The goal of this project is to explore the eruption of carbon dioxide when the candy Mentos dissolves in Diet Coke.
Can You Fit 2 packs of MENTOS in a bottle?
We chose to use a smaller bottle for this experiment, while we figured out the best Mentos to Soda Ratio. Trying to fit 2 packs of Mentos into a bottle was near impossible. What Size Soda Works Best with Mentos?
How do you use a Mentos test tube?
Stack the Mentos candies (approx. half a roll) in the test tube. Cover the opening of the test tube with an index card or similar slim, small paper. Invert the test tube, holding the cover in place. Place the soda bottle outside in and area that can get dirty.
