• Question: Why does putting mento's in coke make it explode?

    Asked by soggysheepy to Andrew, Janey P, Kinda, Ravi, SarahJane on 19 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Sarah-Jane Walsh

      Sarah-Jane Walsh answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      Did you know the rougher the mento the bigger the explosion! This is because the reaction is created by all the pores on the surface of the mento allowing co2 to be released from the coke. So the more pores the bigger the explosion! If you use a fruit flavor mento which has a waxy surface the reaction wont work, its all down to the surface of the mento which increase the surface area for a reaction!

      Check out the super scientific explanation from New Scientist! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VlA-zkZssLs

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