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Chemistry For Your Life

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A podcast that helps you understand the fascinating chemistry hidden in your everyday life.Have you ever wondered why onions make you cry? Or how soap gets your hands clean? What really is margarine, or why do trees change colors in the fall? Melissa is a chemist, and to answer these questions she s… read more

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Why do diet coke and mentos do that thing?

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#044

You know what we're talking about. That spectacular fizzy geyser. This week, Melissa and Jam explore what makes diet coke and mentos go crazy together. Is it love? Is it hate? Is it chemistry? Why diet coke specifically? Or more importantly, why mentos? Let's get into it.

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References from this episode

  1. Diet Coke and Mentos: What is really behind this physical reaction? - American Journal of Physics 76, 551 (2008)
  2. Diet Coke and Mentos: What is really behind this physical reaction? - Tonya Coffey
  3. Spurting Science: Erupting Diet Coke with Mentos - Scientific American - Science Buddies


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