Soda and mentos

imgettionowned · Post by **imgettionowned** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:36 pm

http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1693614/

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:49 pm

pretty cool, but what a waste of coke. all that diet soda could've fed a third-world country.

and all it is is basically the sugar in the mentos reacting with an acid (i forget which one, the can of coke i have nearby says phosphoric acid) to make gas. not 100% sure if it's the acid or not, but put the contents of a pixie stick into a coke and you'll see what i mean.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:38 pm

[cc]z@nd! wrote:pretty cool, but what a waste of coke. all that diet soda could've fed a third-world country.

No it would make them more thirsty and more skinny >.<

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:06 pm

I saw something like this on Friday.

BEEF!!! · Post by **BEEF!!!** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:18 pm

Old. Saw this a year or so back.

Explosive American · Post by **Explosive American** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:42 pm

Screw vinegar and baking soda, that owns!

jks · Post by **jks** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:01 pm

Heh, that was awesome.

Driv3r · Post by **Driv3r** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:59 am

jks wrote:Heh, that was awesome.

yeah

wes · Post by **wes** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:02 am

ive gotta try doing that sometime

*runs off to store*

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:27 am

i'd rather drink the soda than waste it, besides, there's more fun to be had with explosives than soda.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:28 am

I saw this a while back, looks pretty fun

ikildsanta · Post by **ikildsanta** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:36 pm

ive done this b4 for a chemistry project (was really easy). its actually the gases that do this. mentos are not needed, but their perfect shape help make it shoot out better. when you drop a mentos into the liquid, it disturbs the surface tension. this creates bubbles (the bubbles are INSIDE the liquid), which settle on the tiny holes on the bottom of the mentos. the mentos gather these bubbles intil it cannot gather any more, and then they all shoot straight up. this reaction occurs in milliseconds. as the mentos sinks to the bottom, it draws out the bubbles, and repeats the process. the mentos takes out nearly all of the bubbles from the drink. try this, and then taste it afterwards. its incredibly flat.

btw, use a 2 liter. cans do work, but its so small. very unimpressive.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:35 pm

[cc]z@nd! wrote:i'd rather drink the soda than waste it, besides, there's more fun to be had with explosives than soda.

Funny, I'd rather waste soda than drink it

ugly-nerd · Post by **ugly-nerd** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:11 pm

Yeah I've done this before, just not with that many. Its pretty neat. Then I found out that "The Works" + Tin Foil + 2 Liter Bottle = Loud noise and melting of the bottle. Dangerous but fun..

ikildsanta · Post by **ikildsanta** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:06 pm

wait...whats "the works"? (sounds like fun)

citruspers · Post by **citruspers** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:02 am

are we discussing soda or how to blow stuff up.
in the last case, i have a book

tells you how to make bombs LOL

ikildsanta · Post by **ikildsanta** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:23 am

cant it be both?

Explosive American · Post by **Explosive American** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:15 pm

anarchist's cookbook, mb?

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:53 pm

anarchist's cookbook blows, half the stuff it tells you to do will get you injured or killed in the process. if you want knowledge in the genre of the anarchist's cookbook, but much more detailed, and safer, ask me.

citruspers · Post by **citruspers** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:36 am

[cc]z@nd! wrote:anarchist's cookbook blows, half the stuff it tells you to do will get you injured or killed in the process. if you want knowledge in the genre of the anarchist's cookbook, but much more detailed, and safer, ask me.

so, i'm not going to try it

but if you have some other pdf or something similiar, everything's welcome