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You are a helpful AI assistant.
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<start_of_turn>user
Why is the Coca-Mentos mixture explosive?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>model
If you mix Coke with Mentos, a strange reaction ensues. A real geyser is produced! It's impressive and quite amusing. But what is this due to? Why is the coca-mentos mixture explosive? This is what we are going to study today. Of course, if you want to try the experiment at home, we recommend doing it outside to avoid staining your interior too much.

This geyser is produced by a strange natural reaction. In fact, by carrying out this mixture, the carbon dioxide present in the drink will suddenly degas. This is due to the porous surface of the candy. In fact, on the mentos we find a large number of rough edges, very fine and small. So when we immerse them in the coke, many bubbles of carbon dioxide will form. This gas dissolves very quickly, and will then cause the bubbles produced to grow. This results in a phenomenon, as soon as a pellet is brought into contact with a gaseous liquid, which is nucleation. The intensity of the effect with the coca-mentos interaction is due to the sum of the ingredients of the coke and to a lesser extent, to the aspartame of the mentos.

It has been noted that this can work with many other soft drinks. However, those with cola (and more particularly the light ones) are those which generate the strongest reaction.

If you're afraid to eat this candy after drinking a Coke, don't worry! There is no risk of such a geyser occurring in your stomach. Indeed, as soon as a mentos touches our tongue and our saliva, the famous rough edges (responsible for this reaction) disappear. The constituent sugars will dissolve very quickly. If you don't chew it, but swallow it directly, it will still be coated with saliva as it passes through your esophagus. The only risk is having a little stomach ache, because of the large dose of sugar you have just consumed. That's all !

Now that you know why the coca - mentos mixture produces a geyser, we recommend that you continue reading with other phenomena of this kind. Learn why a stick immersed in water seems broken, why soap foams and finally why helium changes the voice.<end_of_turn><eos>