Diet Coke and Mentos Eruption

My Experiment

By:Cristina Sales

Introduction Nucleation Question Process Results Conclusion

NucleationDefinition: Physical reaction that occurs

when components in a solution start to precipitate out.Examples: Crystallization, Rock Candy, and

the Diet Coke and Mint.

Question?What happens if you drinkSoda and eat Mentos, oreat Mentos and then drinksoda? Will your stomach EXPLODE?

ProcessAdd 1 Mento to a 1 liter

diet coke. What happens?

??

Results Nucleation in the Diet coke

and Mentos experiment.Experiment with other beverages.

ConclusionYou can eat Mentos and drink Diet coke. You will be fine.

Thank You!

Referenceshttp://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-nucleation.htm

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-nucleation.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Coke_and_Mentos_eruption