Have you ever put Mentos in Diet Coke before? It's a great experiment that never gets old! But which type of cola product works best? In this experiment, we found that diet cola (we used Publix brand) worked better than regular. Reason being is that it contains a lot of artificial flavoring. This, combined with the porous nature of the Mentos, plus the CO2 in the drink, and you have the perfect equation for a a giant explosion! Try it at home with different brands of diet drinks. You can even try it with zero calorie drinks and compare the reaction to diet drinks. See if it makes any difference!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Mentos Geyser
Have you ever put Mentos in Diet Coke before? It's a great experiment that never gets old! But which type of cola product works best? In this experiment, we found that diet cola (we used Publix brand) worked better than regular. Reason being is that it contains a lot of artificial flavoring. This, combined with the porous nature of the Mentos, plus the CO2 in the drink, and you have the perfect equation for a a giant explosion! Try it at home with different brands of diet drinks. You can even try it with zero calorie drinks and compare the reaction to diet drinks. See if it makes any difference!
