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Why do Mentos and Diet Coke React? (2015x151)

: 14, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Why Does the Moon Look Bigger on the Horizon? https://youtu.be/NsBygd_EERU?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF Most Thermostats in Office Buildings Do Nothing https://youtu.be/oDXdIqe6c8w?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: If you’ve ever wondered why Diet Coke and Mentos react so strongly to one another, well, wonder no more. To start, it should be noted that it’s not just Diet Coke and Mentos that “react”; other carbonated beverages will also readily respond to the addition of Mentos. What’s going on here is that Mentos has thousands of small pores on its surface disrupting the polar attractions between the water molecules, creating thousands of ideal nucleation sites for the gas molecules in the drink to congregate. In non-sciency terms, basically, this porous surface creates a lot of bubble growth sites, allowing the carbon dioxide bubbles to rapidly form on the surface of the Mentos. If you use a smooth surfaced Mentos, you won’t get nearly the reaction. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/11/why-do-mentos-and-diet-coke-react/ Image Credit (Thank you) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Diet_Coke_Mentos.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Soda_bubbles_macro.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/comedynose/8679189578 https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3426/3396114562_ac4fa97318_o.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/136/407876773_d22d229552_o.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/ShimadaK2007Sept09-MentosGeyser_DSC_3294%2B%2B.JPG https://farm1.staticflickr.com/125/401339692_49430b7f35_o.j