If you've ever wondered exactly how this Coke and Mentos phenomenon works, we have the scientific explanation for you right here, courtesy of website Cooking Panda. If it's a little too technical, don't feel bad — we didn't understand it all, either, but we got the gist of it!
The “geyser” effect that results from mixing Coca-Cola and Mentos has always sparked much interest. After much debate, investigators believe this result is due to a physical reaction as opposed to a chemical one. Eepy Bird explains:
All the carbon dioxide in the soda – all that fizz – is squeezed into the liquid and looking for a way out. It’s drawn to any tiny bumps that it can grab onto. Those tiny bumps are called nucleation sites: places the gas can grab onto and start forming bubbles.
Nucleation sites can be scratches on a glass, the ridges of your finger, or even specks of dust – anywhere that there is a high surface area in a very small volume.
The surface of a Mentos is sprayed with over 40 microscopic layers of liquid sugar. That makes it not only sweet but also covered with lots and lots of nucleation sites.
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