What Does Mentos Really Do To Coke?

I show you how Mentos is only a catalyst to release CO2

#shorts

[DYlandlord]

Imagine his local cashier watching him going into his local store to buy random items for his experiments everyday.

[yashsahay]

"The Next Level Mentos-Coke Experiment"

[WolvericCatkin]

Forgot the point: This is due to the micro-roughness of the surface of the Mentos, providing them a greater surface area for the bubbles to form on.

[btpips]

Everyone has been doing it with regular coke instead of diet coke for so long, that nobody even says anything anymore. We've forgotten as a society how it's supposed to be done...

[Absynnian]

It's just the extreme amount of nucleation sites in the Mentos. In theory any material with similar properties would cause the effect. Would be interesting to see if you could get activated charcoal to work, however the issue would be getting it to sink to the bottom.

[futures-sqin]

This is truly useful, especially for those who are studying Chemical.

[christopherdelaney]

Impressed daily. And you appear to be having such a great time no matter the experiment.Thank you for joy and education during all of these unpredictable world events.Great to be distracted by knowledge!
Thanks again for all of the times that no one said anything... I hope that they will in the future... Keep it up and I'll keep watching. I've shared your videos with everyone I know.

[rchaffer]

"going to put a Mentos into this balloon now"

a Mento.

[anisekaieddomtorreto]

Me when I realize that humanity lied to me: *"I'll not Forgive the **-Japanese-** Humanity!"*

[KestrelDC]

I remember the Mythbusters noted the little holes in the Mentos were necessary to the reaction and glossy, coated Mentos did not cause the reaction because of it

[shooter]

These are honestly some of the most intriguing and cool shorts on YT

[joachimfrank]

The increased speed of the reaction can make a big difference. E.g. Rusting and burning is the same reaction: Oxidation, just in different speed.

[nimamaster]

The term "A mentos" is tingling my brain

[bigbo]

Well I’d really hope mentos weren’t the candy that broke the laws of physics

[rylands]

Thank you for not including a history on how mentos was made or smth

[leadwithlove]

The diet coke is more reactive! I think it has to do with an additional reaction between aspartame and the mentos.

[balinthegedus]

I haven't seen cola bottles with this shape before

[aniruudhh]

Dislikes are from people who prefer pepsi over coke

[Korpsaws]

Talk about an excellent explanation. Haha! I knew this already but to verbalize it is where the art is. Cheers guys!

[LA-bqhf]

I swear everyone had this as their grade school science experiment