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Dropping Mentos Research Paper

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Dropping Mentos soda causes a physical reaction, as they fall through the soda, the Mentos split up the carbon dioxide and water, releasing the carbon dioxide gas out of the bottle. After closing the lid after adding Mentos to a bottle of diet soda, you trap that gas, creating atmospheric pressure. When the bottle slams hard against the ground, the cap flies off and the gasses release, shooting the bottle into the air. The mentos should mix with the coke and settle in with each other and then they will start to reject each other building up tension after the cap gets hit with a certain amount of pressure it flies because of the gas like a mix between a hot air balloon and a catapult. The reaction is caused better because the mentos don't

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