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    This document summarizes an experiment demonstrating the chemical reaction that occurs when Mentos candies are dropped into a bottle of Diet Coke. When Mentos are added to the carbonated beverage, it causes an explosive eruption as the rough surface of the candy provides nucleation sites that speed up the release of carbon dioxide gas bubbles. The document outlines the materials needed, procedure for conducting the experiment, and hypothesis that a chemical reaction will occur between the Mentos and Diet Coke.

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    This document summarizes an experiment demonstrating the chemical reaction that occurs when Mentos candies are dropped into a bottle of Diet Coke. When Mentos are added to the carbonated beverage, it causes an explosive eruption as the rough surface of the candy provides nucleation sites that speed up the release of carbon dioxide gas bubbles. The document outlines the materials needed, procedure for conducting the experiment, and hypothesis that a chemical reaction will occur between the Mentos and Diet Coke.

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    This document summarizes an experiment demonstrating the chemical reaction that occurs when Mentos candies are dropped into a bottle of Diet Coke. When Mentos are added to the carbonated beverage, it causes an explosive eruption as the rough surface of the candy provides nucleation sites that speed up the release of carbon dioxide gas bubbles. The document outlines the materials needed, procedure for conducting the experiment, and hypothesis that a chemical reaction will occur between the Mentos and Diet Coke.

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    Synthesis

    By Angela Lazaro, Lizette Pedraza

    Process/Demonstrations
    For our demonstration we will be experiment
    diet coke and menthols. When those two
    combine together it will create an erosion or
    explosion.

    Materials
    -Mentos
    -Diet Coke made up of...

    Carbonated Water

    High Fructose Corn Syrup

    Caramel Color

    Phosphoric Acid

    Natural Flavors

    Caffeine

    Aspartame (NutraSweet)

    Potassium Benzoate

    Citric acid

    Procedure
    1. Get a diet coke, not opened
    2. Buy some mentos.
    3. Open bottle, add 2-5 mentos
    4. Let it erupt!

    Hypothesis
    If we drop menthols in diet coke then it will
    create a chemical reaction.

    Chemical Equation

    Info
    - allowing carbon dioxide bubbles to form with the rapidity and quantity
    -rough surface of the Mentos candy helps speed the reaction.
    -Each Mentos candy has thousands of small pores on its surface which disrupt
    the polar attractions between water molecules, creating thousands of ideal
    nucleation sites for the gas molecules to congregate.
    - The candies are fairly dense objects and tend to sink rapidly in the soda. If
    you crush the Mentos, so it doesnt sink much at all, you wont get a very
    dramatic reaction.

    Video
    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B42MsWUHzFrydmJSUjFRR3Z1dXpzMHFhMHdLSjFaV2FmdXUw&authuser=0

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