🎾 Why Do Mentos Make Soda Explode

19K views 1 year ago. Have you ever wondered why a Mento can make a soda to explode? The VERIFY team is here to help with this short explainer about the science behind the fizz.
As the Mentos candy sinks in the bottle, the candy causes the production of more and more carbon dioxide bubbles. This leads to the classic Mentos and Diet Coke eruption. The speed at which the Mentos falls through the Diet Coke can affect how large the eruption is.
All soda or carbonated drinks produce the same result, but many people have observed that the best reaction occurs when Diet Coke is used with Mentos. This is because the drink contains ingredients such as aspartame, potassium benzoate, and carbon dioxide gas, which mix with the gelatin and gum arabic in the candy.
Mentos candies contain millions of cavities, roughly 1-3 μm in size, that remain unwetted when added to a soda. Because of this, the addition of Mentos candies to a carbonated beverage provides enormous numbers of pre-existing bubbles into which dissolved carbon dioxide can escape.

Why Does Soda Explode When You Add Mentos? Bursting a Bubble. The bubbles in a bottle of soda are caused by molecules of dissolved carbon dioxide. Generally, water Shaken, Not Stirred. A bottle of soda that gets shaken up releases the gas bubbles into the solution, making the soda Recipe for

Many people assume that the geyser forms when a Mentos candy is dropped into a bottle of soda because of an acid/base reaction, just like when you mix baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and a vinegar solution (acetic acid in water) to create the ever-popular "volcano" science project. What is in soda that may help create the eruption as shown in the video? During the Experiment What usually causes soda to erupt in this way? Why do you think the Mentos® are able to elicit a similar reaction?
Bubbles and soda will quickly shoot out of the bottle in a high fountain. The carbon dioxide molecules attach to the surfaces of the Mentos like they did in the cup of soda. All those Mentos in a lot of soda make a lot of bubbles that rise to the surface and push the soda out in a big woosh!
The crushed Mentos candy should sink slower than a whole Mentos candy. In this materials science project, you will see if using crushed Mentos candies instead of whole Mentos candies, which should sink faster in the soda, will change the height of the eruption. You will crush Mentos candies and then use them to make Diet Coke geysers. yn0SYnV.