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Adding Mentos to diet soda causes a large eruption.

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Is it true that adding Mentos to diet soda causes a large eruption?

Yes. A Wikipedia article on soda geysers states that Mentos in Diet Coke creates an eruption pushing most of the liquid out of the bottle, and a peer-reviewed teaching article reports a fountain reaching 3 m high. Other sources confirm the reaction occurs but do not quantify its size.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 8 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Diet Coke and Mentos eruption
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Diet Coke and Mentos eruption. (n.d.). dbpedia.org. http://dbpedia.org/resource/Diet_Coke_and_Mentos_eruption

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What are the health risks of drinking Diet Coke while chewing Mentos?
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What are the health risks of drinking Diet Coke while chewing Mentos?. (n.d.). health.stackexchange.com. https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/5013

Why does lemon sink in diet cola?
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Why does lemon sink in diet cola?. (n.d.). physics.stackexchange.com. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/656535

Soda geyser - Wikipedia
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Soda geyser - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_geyser

Tried and True: Using Diet Coke and Mentos to Teach Scientific Inquiry
2011
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Arnold, M. T. (2011). Tried and True: Using Diet Coke and Mentos to Teach Scientific Inquiry. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ912478

The BIG Book of Glues, Brews, and Goos
2014
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Marks, D. F. (2014). The BIG Book of Glues, Brews, and Goos. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Nk3EEAAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Diet Coke and Mentos: What is really behind this physical reaction?
2008
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Coffey, T. S. (2008). Diet Coke and Mentos: What is really behind this physical reaction?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2888546

Ethanol as a Probe for the Mechanism of Bubble Nucleation in the Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment.
2021
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TS, K. & JT, K. (2021). Ethanol as a Probe for the Mechanism of Bubble Nucleation in the Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26061691

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