Diet Coke And Baking Soda

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Diet coke and baking soda. What will happen if you mixed high concentration baking soda with coca cola and mentos. Hydrogen carbonate then breaks up to become carbon dioxide and water. Instead it is a physical reaction.

When it comes to the caffeine amount diet coke has 46mg whereas coke zero sugar has only 34mg listed. The phosphoric acid in coke gives a hydrogen ion called a proton to the baking soda which produces carbon dioxide which is a very stable gas. Baking soda is known for its wide array of uses with weight loss being one of its latest purported benefits.

You might think that there is some ingredient in a mentos candy causing a chemical reaction with the soda like the way baking soda reacts with vinegar. In vinegar and baking soda acetic acid interior the vinegar reacts with sodium bicarbonate a compound in baking soda to style carbonic acid exothermically. The carbon dioxide then bubbles off as a gas.

Beyond this coke zero sugar also contains less sodium coming in at 25mg in a 12 ounce serving compared to the 40mg you will find in diet coke. It particularly is not what happens with vinegar and baking soda. This can be calculated by thermodynamics which in many cases governs whether a reaction.

With coke and mentos the mentos are offering a floor for bubbles to style on and so it fizzes up violently. But the amazing eruption that takes place when mentos are dropped into diet coke is not a chemical reaction at all.