http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.htmlin_article_id=15432&in_page_id=2
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0612coke-mentos12-ON.html
The question on everyone's lips (in suburbia) : why doesn't it
work with Diet Pepsi?
The question on everyone's lips (on vortex) : is there stainless
steel in the Coke pull tab but not in the Pepsi ?
What's the "apparent" chemistry behind the geyser?
San Diego chemist Neal Langerman suggests the answer lies in the
higher level of carbon dioxide in diet sodas than other sodas and
the porous surface area of a Mentos. Langerman, the past chairman
of the division of chemical health and safety at the American
Chemical Society, said similar results wouldn't be achieved with
an M&M, for instance, "which is really solid." Diet Coke has more
carbon dioxide than Diet Pepsi, he says. Coke wouldn't comment on
the comparison.
----- Original Message -----
From: Frederick Sparber
Germane to Waterfuel?
Yesterday ABc TV showed moms dads kids and physicists
dropping Mintos (sp) into Diet Coke and a jet of bubbly froth
shooting up several feet.
A Physicist said something about "surface area" of the Mentos
pellets.
What gives?
