Mentos And Diet Coke Fountain

The reaction of when a regular mint or fruit mentos is dropped into a bottle of diet coke can create a fountain of soda.

Mentos and diet coke fountain. Place the index card over one end of the tube and invert it. In the 1990s the size of the mint candies was increased so they no longer fit in soda bottle mouths. It is easy to set up and conduct it can be accomplished using simple and familiar materials it produces a dramatic and unexpected result and it relates to a large number of physical and chemical concepts.

The results showed that diet coke created the most spectacular explosions with either fruit or mint mentos the fountains travelling a horizontal distance of up to 7 metres. I think that the number of mentos will affect the height of the explosion because there are more physical reactions happening. Thus the combination of warmer diet coke and mentos helped to force even more carbon dioxide out of the diet coke resulting in a better fountain.

Does the number of mentos affect the height of the explosion when added to diet coke. With this you can have a coke fountain up to 10 feet. Set the card and the tube with the mentos inside on top of the open mouth of the bottle making sure the opening of the tube lines up with the mouth of the bottle.

The results showed that diet coke created the most spectacular explosions with either fruit or mint mentos the fountains travelling a horizontal distance of up to 7 metres. In my opinion diet coke and mentos has all the hallmarks of a great science experiment for teachers and students. Load the paper tube with four mentos.

But caffeine free diet coke did just as well suggesting that caffeine does not accelerate the reaction at least at the normal levels in the drink. Now interestingly enough there are lots of different solids that have pits on their surfaces. Without a nozzle you will have a coke fountain only about 5 feet high.

Here s how to make your own nozzle for cheap. Originally the geyser was made by dropping wint o green life savers into a soft drink. It s all about texture coffey and company discovered that the ingredients in the mentos and diet coke and more importantly the structure of the.