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Mentos & Coke

An "Internet Classic" - and a great fun project for your kids

Written 2 years ago
by CrazyCat
Category: Science Time frame: ten minutes
Age: 3-16 years Where: outdoor
Level: easy What you need: everyday objects
Keywords: Coke, Mentos, fun

 

OK, you've probably seen this on the web. Over and over again. But did you already try it yourself? No? Then go and do it with your kids!

What you need:

What to do:

Well, very easy. Open the bottle, throw in some Mentos. That's it.

 

Here the mandatory YouTube video. They show how to get a lot of mentos into the bottle.

 

 

So is there an educational part to this?

Hmm, well, yes, there's some Physics and Chemistry behind it: Somehow the Mentos releases all the carbon dioxide (that is in the bottle in form of carbonic acid) very quickly. The gas escapes the bottle resulting in this geysir.

Why Mentos? I have no idea. Does anyone know? 

Comments

tiger_gal said 2 years ago:

it has somekind of chemical reaction in the middle of the mento with the carbon dioxide in the coke

hafsa nauman said 2 years ago:

That was rrreeaallyyyyyy ccccccooooooooolll

кhуαтι said 2 years ago:

damnnn cool mannn

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