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Mentos release carbon dioxide (CO2) in soda due to the physical structure of their surface, which is covered in tiny pits and imperfections. When Mentos are added to soda, these surfaces provide nucleation sites where dissolved CO2 bubbles can rapidly form. As the bubbles grow, they rise to the surface, causing a rapid release of gas and resulting in the famous soda geyser effect. This reaction is enhanced by the high sugar content and Gelatin in Mentos, which further facilitates bubble formation.
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What chemicals make Mentos and soda interact?
The interaction between Mentos and soda primarily involves carbon dioxide (CO2) and the surface properties of the Mentos candies. When Mentos are dropped into soda, the rough surface of the candies provides numerous nucleation sites for CO2 bubbles to form rapidly. This rapid bubble formation leads to a vigorous release of gas, causing the soda to foam and erupt. The combination of the candy’s surface texture and the carbonation in the soda creates this dramatic reaction.
What can you mix with soda to make it fizz?
You need to add carbonated water .
What happens when Mentos is put in flat soda?
Not much. The chemicals and sugar in Mentos kick all of the carbon dioxide is soda loose at one time- so it foams up in a fountain- but flat soda has already lost most or all of the CO2.
What happens when you put Mentos in a can of soda?
there is a large amount of fruit acid in mentos , so when you react it with another acid they will combine and cause a reaction: if you put a mentos in a can of soda it will erupt, explode, ect. like an explosive volcano due to the fact of the acid. Above answer is completely wrong, there are tiny nucleation sites on the mentos where the CO2 of the soda's carbonation turns to real gas and fizzes up through the tiny opening. as a result of all the bubbles, the soda literally is pushed up and out of the bottle into a soda geyser.
What explodes with soda?
mentos
Is it an endothermic or exothermic reaction when Mentos and soda are mixed?
The reaction between Mentos and soda is primarily a physical reaction rather than a chemical one, resulting in an exothermic process. When Mentos are added to soda, the rapid release of carbon dioxide gas creates a vigorous eruption, releasing energy in the form of heat. This is due to the nucleation sites on the surface of the Mentos facilitating the rapid escape of dissolved gas from the liquid.
What is the force of a coke and Mentos experiment?
The force generated in a Coke and Mentos experiment primarily comes from the rapid release of carbon dioxide gas when the Mentos candies are introduced into the soda. The surface of the Mentos is covered with tiny pits that facilitate nucleation, allowing gas bubbles to form quickly. This rapid gas expansion creates a vigorous eruption, propelling the soda outward. The force of the eruption can vary based on the type of soda, the number of Mentos used, and environmental factors.
What will make soda fizz?
Mentos.
Can you drink soda and eat Mentos 3 hours apart?
You can drink soda and eat Mentos at the same time, if you want. It will not kill you.
How can you make a mento and soda experiment more unique?
more mentos shake up the soda prior mush up mentos
Why does mint Mentos work better with Diet Coke than fruit Mentos?
The bubbling action that occurs from dropping a mentos into a diet coke occurs because the high quantities of carbon dioxide held within the soda react with the candy. The candy's shell is actually comprised of many extremely small pits in which the CO2 forms in a process called nucleation. The diet coke has 7 times more CO2 than can be easily dissolved into water at regular atmospheric pressures. Increasing the pressure on the liquid allows it to dissolve more CO2. This CO2, once released from its high pressure tank is trying to escape its watery prison. With the addition of the mentos, the opportunity of a lifetime presents itself, and all of the CO2 escapes the water in a short amount of time often with explosive results. The only difference that could be ascertained would be that the fruit mentos lack the same number of pits available with the mint mentos, resulting in a slower release of CO2, which in turn causes a smaller explosion.
Why does coke explode with mentoes?
There are several reasons postulated, but the physics community has settled on nucleation as the reason. The reason that the soda erupts so violently from the bottle is actually twofold: a decrease of the surface tension of the soda (due to dissolving Mentos), and an increase in nucleation sites (sites where bubbles of CO2 can form) within the bottle (due to the rough Mentos surface). Both of these factors make the carbon dioxide in the soda less likely to stay dissolved and more likely to become gaseous. The fountain effect is from all of the CO2 going from dissolved to gaseous at once, and at a great rate.
