Member • Nov 9, 2006
Member • Nov 9, 2006
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Coca Cola sucks!
Member • Nov 9, 2006
Administrator • Nov 10, 2006
Member • Nov 10, 2006
Member • Nov 10, 2006
As #-Link-Snipped-#, explains, "The Mentos effect has nothing to do with the inside of the Mentos and everything to do with the outside." The candy's shell is pocked with little nooks and crannies the beverage's carbon dioxide molecules are immediately drawn to, and the confection's relatively large surface area provides infinitely more such nooks and crannies (nucleation sites) than, say, an M&M would.No need for chemical engineers for a 9th grade phenominon 😀
As to what happens when carbonated beverage encounters Mentos, when dropped into a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke, a roll of the sweet works to produce an impressive geyser of brown froth that will shoot about 20 feet into the air (although some of these pressurized fountains have attained even greater height). Diet cola of any manufacture is regarded as the liquid of choice for creating a "Mentos eruption" or "Mentos effect" because the drink's brown color serves to make the reaction much more starkly dramatic in all its explosive glory, and diet versions of sodas don't leave the same sticky residue that their sugared counterparts do, an aspect well worth considering when contemplating spraying a wide area that you may afterwards be called upon to clean. Plus, some folks swear diet sodas make for higher geysers.
Administrator • Nov 10, 2006
No need for chemical engineers for a 9th grade phenominon :smile:I was only trying to motivate Chemical Engineers to come forward and post 😉
