Mentos & Diet Coke...at 1,200 FPS

[dendawg]

http://gizmodo.com/386936/mentos-and...-strikes-again

I know the whole Mentos/Diet Coke thing is old and busted, but just wait till you see it in super slo-mo.

[tropicsgoddess]

That was too cool, especially how the first two bottles of diet coke shot up real high after the mentos were put in.

[Broomjockey]

The first two were fairly standard explosions, really. The third looked WAY more awesome
The last one was an interesting experiment. I wonder why the powdered ones didn't have as much of a reaction. You'd think that would have...

[edible_hat]

The first two were fairly standard explosions, really. The third looked WAY more awesome
The last one was an interesting experiment. I wonder why the powdered ones didn't have as much of a reaction. You'd think that would have...

Mythbusters found that the effect is partly due to the surface of the mentos being very rough and therefore having lots of places where CO2 bubbles can form. Maybe the powder particles are too small for the bubbles to form on their surface?

[Broomjockey]

Maybe the powder particles are too small for the bubbles to form on their surface?

Hmm. Could very well be.