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Can you substitute Diet Coke for regular coke in a mento rocket?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 11/8/2022

It might work. The dissolved CO2 tends to be released much more readily from Diet Coke, when it gets warmer, or is shaken, or when a catalyst such as a Mentos is added. You may not get a fast enough rate of release from regular coke.

Wiki User

∙ 12y ago

What else can I help you with?

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10 ft. 10 ft.

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It does not but it does fizz!

Is making a mento an Diet Coke illegal?

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Would you believe it is the candy called Mento's.

Which carbonated drink spews the highest when a mento is dropped in it?

diet coke

Do cola react with mint?

Yes, More So Diet Coke and Mento's

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eighther than drinking it you could put a mento into it to make it explode.

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Pop a mento in a newly opened coke bottle and screw the lid back on, hen give it a really hard shake!= BOOM!

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No. Coke Zero has no calories, while regular Coke does.

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Yes, aspartame is present in Diet Coke, not regular Coke. Regular Coke contains high fructose corn syrup as its sweetener.

What chemical in a coke and in a mento makes each other explode?

I can't remember, BUT I can tell you there's an episode of this experiment on MythBusters.