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It's not a chemical reaction; it's purely physics. I think you're referring to what happens when you drop Mentos mints into an open bottle of soda. What occurs is simple but dramatic. A Mentos mint appears to be smooth, but in reality it's covered with microscopic rugosities -- dimples, wrinkles, etc. This both increases the actual surface area of the mint and provides "nesting sites" -- places where bubbles can form.
When you open the soda bottle, you've depressurized a solution that's supersaturated with CO2, and the CO2 is bound to outgas out of solution. When exposed to a Mentos, thousands of micro-bubbles form on the surface almost instantly, which in turn combine into larger bubbles, which in turn effervesce and overflow the bottle -- often dramatically.
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Why do mentos explode in vinegar?
Acid in vinegar reacts with sodium monohydrogencarbonate (baking soda) which is present in mentos.
Which soda would make the biggest explosion?
Mixing Mentos with Diet Coke typically produces the biggest explosion due to the rapid release of carbon dioxide gas when the Mentos candies are dropped into the soda. This reaction creates a large foam fountain.
Can you use soda and mints to make an eruption?
Yes, you can create a fizzy eruption by combining soda and mints. Dropping mints (such as Mentos) into a carbonated soda like Coke or Sprite causes a rapid release of carbon dioxide bubbles, resulting in a foamy explosion. It's a fun and simple science experiment to try at home!
What is it in water that makes it dissolve Mentos faster than lime soda?
Each material has a specific solubility in a solvent.
What is the most reactive soda with mintos?
Diet Coke is the most reactive soda with Mentos due to its higher concentration of carbon dioxide and lack of sugar to hinder the reaction. The carbon dioxide bubbles in the Diet Coke attach to the microscopic pits on the Mentos surface, creating a rapid release of gas that results in a large fountain.
What explodes with soda?
mentos
What will make soda fizz?
Mentos.
How can you make a mento and soda experiment more unique?
more mentos shake up the soda prior mush up mentos
Can you drink soda and eat Mentos 3 hours apart?
You can drink soda and eat Mentos at the same time, if you want. It will not kill you.
Mentos and soda is about what?
Well you can put mint mentos in coke/pepsi and other drinks, soda, and it will shoot up. Is this what you were asking? Hope this helped.
Does rock salt and soda have the same reaction of soda and Mentos?
When you do the soda thing, slide mentos into the 2liter bottle of soda, when i goes off make sure your standing back. The explosion will not harm you from the inside or out.
Who invented soda and Mentos?
ae khamsouk
What do skittles mentos and soda do?
POP I suppose??
What is a better soda that can explode with Mentos?
Dr.Pepper
How high can soda blow up with Mentos?
It depends on how much mentos are put into it. But you say it's a CAN of soda so i think probabaly about 1 meter
What soda explodes with Mentos?
Diet Coke and Mentos produce the largest spectacle.
Which soda has a stronger reaction to Mentos?
I strongly believe diet coke has a stronger reaction to mentos!
