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The soda is packed with loads of bubbles that want to get out of the liquid. To do so they need to form bubbles around something like a spec of dirt or a tiny dent in the bottle. That's why you see bubbles forming from the same places in glasses of soda.
A mentos has a very rough surface (on a microscopic scale) so when you put it in all the millions of bubbles suddenly form on the mint creating loads of gas which has to go somewhere. So it blasts out the top of the drinks bottle. It works with any rough surfaced material like chalk, not just mentos.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agobecause of the chemicals in side the soda and the inside the mentos
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Releasing of carbon dioxide and the great volume of pores in mentos.
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∙ 13y agomentos and soda are not explosive under STP.... so, for future reference, "explode" is not really the right word, but I know what you're talking about.
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∙ 14y agothe mentos have pits in them and they have carbon dioxide in them and it gets realest
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∙ 12y agoIt is the chemical reaction that the mentos have when they combine
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∙ 12y agosoda and mentos
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Can gum make soda explode?
Dropping Mentos into soda will cause it to explode.
What is a better soda that can explode with Mentos?
Dr.Pepper
What will explode when mentos is added?
The myth is that Mentos plus soda equals an explosion. The truth is the the soda bubbles up and erupts like a volcano, but does not actually explode.
Why do fruit Mentos and soda explode?
They explode because of the baking soda and vinegar mixed in and when there together BOOM.
How come soda explodes if you put Mentos gum in it?
because a chemical reaction happens to make it explode
Why do mentos explode in vinegar?
Acid in vinegar reacts with sodium monohydrogencarbonate (baking soda) which is present in mentos.
What makes soda explode with Mentos?
There are chemicals in the soda called Potassium Benzoate and aspartame that react with other chemicals in Mentos like the gelatin and Arabic gum.
Why does Mentos work in diet soda but not regular soda?
Well, it doesn't! Both regular and diet explode after dropping mentos in it! It's simply; both have carbonation!
What if a person has Mentos and soda together?
You can but i heard your stomach could explode but its not impossable
Does Skittles make root beer explode?
No, mentos (mint not flavored mentos)make root beer "explode" not skittles.
How do you make Mentos and coke explode?
Because of the carbon dioxide in the Mentos :)
What happens when you mix Pepsi and Mentos?
the soda gets to much fizz and it xplodes thanks to the mento???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
