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| Mentos Madness Set Diet Coke Fountain Record |
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| Thursday, 30 October 2008 23:41 |
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 It is the kind of experiment which gets even older kids excited about science. ![]() Films of the Mentos-Diet Coke mix have been posted on Internet entertainments sites attracting at least 10 million viewers. ![]() The sweet-maker estimates the craze is worth $10 million free advertising a year. Coca-Cola has also signed deals with leading Internet video celebrities and even ran a Diet Coke-Mentos video on its website for three months. ![]() Although there is no exact scientific explanation for the phenomenon, scientists agree that the reaction is physical, not chemical. The most popular cause is believed to be the thousands of tiny pores on each Mentos Mint, which act like nucleation sites allowing carbon dioxide bubbles to form in the drink. The bubbles form all over the sweets and when its sink to the bottom it causes the carbon dioxide to whoosh out of the bottle. ![]() There are reports that eating Mentos and drinking Cola simultaneously can result in death caused by the reaction, but no fatalities have been reported so far. QUOTE THIS PAGE ON YOUR BLOG/SITE CREATELINKTOWARDSTHISARTICLE PREVIEWQUOTE
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