What happens if you put Mentos in a bottle of Coke?

As the Mentos candy sinks in the bottle, the candy causes the production of more and more carbon dioxide bubbles, and the rising bubbles react with carbon dioxide that is still dissolved in the soda to cause more carbon dioxide to be freed and create even more bubbles, resulting in the eruption.

What drink makes Mentos Explode?

Diet Coke
A Diet Coke and Mentos eruption (also known as a soda geyser) is a reaction between the carbonated beverage Diet Coke and Mentos mints that causes the beverage to be expelled from its container.

Does Mentos gum make soda Explode?

Unlike Pop Rocks and soda — which don’t actually make your head explode if consumed together — combining Mentos with Diet Coke really does cause a chemical reaction.

What will happen if you put Mentos in Sprite?

What to expect. Bubbles and soda will quickly shoot out of the bottle in a high fountain. The carbon dioxide molecules attach to the surfaces of the Mentos like they did in the cup of soda. All those Mentos in a lot of soda make a lot of bubbles that rise to the surface and push the soda out in a big woosh!

How do you make a Mentos volcano?

Put a card under the roll and on top of the bottle top, so you can pull the card and the candies will just drop in at once. Drop all of the Mentos into the bottle at the same time and then move out of the way just as quick as you can. Watch the eruption!

How many Mentos make a volcano?

Many soda geyser-ologists believe that seven Mentos candies produce the highest shooting geyser. Using any more than seven Mentos mints is just a waste, according to these soda-soaked science enthusiasts.

How do you make a Coca Cola volcano?

What can replace Mentos?

You can substitute another candy for the Mentos, such as M&Ms or Skittles, but ideally, you want candies that stack into a neat column with minimal space between them, have a chalky consistency, and barely fit through the mouth of a 2-liter bottle.