errm mentos?

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Nibblet99 · #1 Unread post by **Nibblet99** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:33 am

I've got to ask, being british... what exactly are mentos, and why would you want to eat something that does this to diet cola?

http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1693614/

Stratus311 · Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:43 am

Mentos: The Freshmaker.

They are a breath mint.

#3 Unread post by **bok** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:50 am

sometimes refered to as Scotch Mints....basically a oval mint with a bit of a crunchy outer shell...and yeah dunno if i would want a mentos and diet coke chaser hehe

TechTMW · #4 Unread post by **TechTMW** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:00 am

You MUST have Mentos in the UK.

Just ask this lady ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRBkQe_lwak

http://www.mentos.co.uk/

PS it's not the chemicals in either the soda or the candy that cause the reaction, it's the surface area of the candy.

Making Lots of Bubbles http://eepybird.com/science1.html

These chemists are saying that the primary cause is physical, not chemical. Their explanation: nucleation sites. If you have a liquid that is supersaturated with gas (like soda, which is pumped full of carbon dioxide), a nucleation site is a place where the gas is able to form bubbles. Nucleation sites can be scratches on a surface or specks of dust – anywhere that you have a high surface area in a very small volume. That's where bubbles can form.

Mentos seem to be loaded with nucleation sites. In other words, there are so many microscopic nooks and crannies on the surface of a Mento that an incredible number of bubbles will form when you drop it in a bottle of soda. Since the Mentos are also heavy enough to sink, they react with the soda all the way to the bottom. The escaping bubbles quickly turn into a raging foam, and the pressure builds dramatically. Before you know it, you've got a big geyser happening!

camthepyro · Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:32 pm

Interesting TechBMW, what don't you have answers for?

NorthernPete · Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:58 pm

I never seen that before...the only other use Ive heard of for mentos involves the mints and oral ummmmm.... well since this is a family site....

lets just say it makes the wife ermmm..tingle?

camthepyro · Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:05 pm

Interesting, although I guess I don't qualify because we're not married, although we've been together for 9 months, and we'll be living together in august I think.

#8 Unread post by **MrGompers** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:22 pm

Anyone remember foo fighters video. Footos the freshmaker.

NorthernPete · Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:36 pm

yar...twas a good video.....

was from their first CD wasnt it?

I had that CD at some point....

#10 Unread post by **zarakand** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:44 pm

camthepyro wrote:Interesting TechBMW, what don't you have answers for?

lol ur still doing the bmw thing too? I can't get used it being tmw now.