Science notes - Diet drinks and Mentos: a novel twist on an old favourite
Issue 346 | Page 14 | Published Sep 2012
Description
A very popular and striking demonstration is the so-called Diet Coke Mento eruption (Wikipedia see Websites). A detailed explanation of the scientific principles involved has been published (Coffey, 2008a) together with a description of how the Diet Coke/Mentos experiment can be used as the basis for student investigations (Coffey, 2008b).
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