Evie Bronson if that’s true then mentos should react to: any diet soda sugar-free ice cream reduced-calorie fruit juice gum yogurt And all sugarless candy? A carbonated beverage is packed full of dissolved carbon dioxide gas, which forms bonds with water. While the soda is in the bottle, the gas is kept in solution by the bottle's pressurized conditions. When you pour some soda into a glass, some gas escapes and forms foam, but most stays trapped by the surface tension of the water. But all those gas bubbles want to escape, making it no wonder that soda makes you burp! To create bubbles, the carbon dioxide needs to interact with itself, which means that the carbon dioxide's bonds with water in the Diet Coke must be broken. A Mentos candy can help with this. Although the candy may look smooth, if you looked at it under a microscope you'd see tiny bumps coating its entire surface. This rough surface allows the bonds between the carbon dioxide gas and the water to more easily break, helping to create carbon dioxide bubbles and cause the classic eruption. The speed at which the Mentos falls through the soda can affect how large the eruption is, and this can be tested by comparing whole with crushed Mentos, the latter of which are less dense. Which goes back to my original point; the pressure needs to be trapped to get the reaction you’re hoping for.
The reason for it not "reacting" as much is because it's an open design, so the pressure is easily released. Which is a good thing if that container is glass
4:00 damn that coke bottle is lost in orbit now I think the first experiment was so disappointing bc all the carbonation that usually causes the reaction was used up during the pouring process. (Maybe? Im not a scientist.)
The rocket thing was cool. However, enough with the damn mentos, we know what it does. As I recall it wasn't that exciting when people first started doing it.
Hey, it fizzed up quite a bit! I probably would have reacted the same way! They also spent a lot of time and money doing this, so for you to be commenting this, it mustn’t be too reassuring for them. All their hard work paid off!!!
Yes the first bit was a bit of a disappointment, however if it was anyone else’s video it would be over 10 minutes long full of adverts and have the same video but take twice aslong to show it.
