Feb 06, 20 combine diet coke and mentos, and the result is explosivediet coke shoots out of the bottle like a miniature, sticky old faithful. The show does not follow a typical calendar of on and off air periods. Most likely this is because it has the most artificial sugar with is a main reactant in the mentos and pop reaction. Then they try and find new householdproduct tricks that could be the new craze. What is it about the mentos and diet coke that makes it want to explode. I think were gonna have to try that a whole bunch more times. Diet coke and mentos adam and jamie explore the fizzy myths of combining soda with candy to find the perfect cocktail for an explosive result. Watch mythbusters season 4, episode 14 diet coke and mentos.
Gaming mythbusters minecraft mythbusters lego marvel avengers mythbusters episode 4. In order for students to better understand the process of experimental design, they will watch, take notes and answer questions about a mythbusters episode in which they test the individual ingredients of diet coke and mentos to determine what makes the reaction. If you stuck 8000 postage stamps, you could crash a copter, but a single postage stamp wont. Mythbusters take a stab at the mentos madness steve spangler. On august 9th, 2006, mythbusters aired an episode dedicated to finding out whether or not diet coke and mentos would cause a persons stomach to explode. Inspired by an internet phenomenon, the mythbusters take on the controversy surrounding these. Jun 07, 2008 grace crossings own version of mythbusters. Aug 04, 20 adam and jamie are trying to figure out the theory behind the chaos when diet cola and mentos mix. Byron was the one who came up with the idea to put mentos into diet coke, or at least spawned the internet craze. Other active ingredients in the cascadeeffect reaction include aspartame artificial sweetener, potassium benzoate preservative, and caffeine in the diet coke. Adam and jamie explore the fizzy myths of combining soda with candy to find the perfect cocktail for an explosive result. With jamie hyneman, adam savage, tory belleci, grant imahara. We report on an experimental study of the diet coke and mentos reaction, and.
Here are some interesting facts and the root cause of how and why does the reaction happen so dramatically. I did get to visit with the entire cast and crew of mythbusters, well after the burnoff episode. The diet coke and mentos reaction is a fun demonstration in chemistry and physics classes of many important concepts in thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, surface science, and the physics of explosions. Aug 09, 2006 with jamie hyneman, adam savage, tory belleci, grant imahara. I found it very interesting and i wanted to find out more about it.
Jul 14, 2006 mentos on mythbusters i got a call from steve jacobs right hand man to don herbert mr. The mythbusters relate to nucleation in this reaction as they state that mentos have tiny pits that serve as a site for nucleation when dropped in the soda. Mythbusters s04e14 diet coke and mentos video dailymotion. Summary mythbusters video and article diet coke and mentos.
As for the episode about this, it was ok but the arrogance kind of ruined it for me. It turns out that diet coke is the best kind of pop for the largest explosion. Jul 18, 2018 mythbusters s04e14 diet coke and mentos. Wizard who works as a consultant to the discovery channel. Mentos on mythbusters i got a call from steve jacobs right hand man to don herbert mr. The team also tests facts of flatulence all the way to investigating exploding pants and the famous diet cola and mentos question. The mythbusters reveal the science behind the famously explosive colacandy combo. So, feel free to resume your diet coke and mentos combination. Adam and jamie explore the science behind the fabled diet coke and mentos phenomenon. Aug 10, 2006 hello and i must say that this was the funnest backyard experiment ever. Mentos and diet coke explosion in slow motion duration. Well, that and the fact that they seemed to imply that ms.
Jun, 2007 the mythbusters test the limits of selfhypnosis, if a persons stomach can explode from eating mentos and diet coke, and methods a hero can use to save others from a grenade. As the c02 bubbles formed by nucleation are released they rise to the mouth of the bottle and enter the atmosphere resulting in the geyser or fountain of soda. Inspired by an internet story, the mythbusters take on the controversy surrounding these fizzy fountains. Hello and i must say that this was the funnest backyard experiment ever. Mentos geyser experiment experiments steve spangler. Sep 02, 2018 watch mythbusters s04e14 februarytvseries on dailymotion. Combine diet coke and mentos, and the result is explosivediet coke shoots out of the bottle like a miniature, sticky old faithful.
Did mythbusters discover diet coke and mentos explosion. Meanwhile in diet coke and mentos exploding stomach our intrepid trio test an internet video with an outrageous claim. The question was asked on a special college week episode of who wants to be a millionaire. In this episode, adam and jamie also created homemade. Diet coke and mentos minimyth mythbusters discovery. The reaction has been performed numerous times on television and the internet, but has not been systematically studied.
Diet coke and mentos, postage stamp on a helicopter. Mythbusters kari byron in labcoat and red bra mixing mentos. They found 20 that since the soda warms as it travels down ones esophagus, the gas vaporizes into a negligible amount that. This is the first segment not to be assigned a busted, plausible or confirmed rating, as there was no myth to be proved or disproved. The official mythbusters website lists episodes by calendar year. Nov, 2012 it turns out that diet coke is the best kind of pop for the largest explosion. During class weve been watching the video on the physical change using diet coke and mentos candy. A butter knife can stop a speeding bullet, a man can fly through the air using hair bleach for fuel, and you can pan for gold on the streets of new york.
The rest of the mythbusters team explores the possibility of a standard postage. None of the theories had the full list of contributing factors for the geyser. Diet coke and mentos, postage stamp on a helicopter diet coke and mentos. The mythbusters explain how a mentos and diet coke geyser works, and test if a stamp on the rotor of a helicopter can cause it to crash. The reaction is so intense, you can make a rocket propelled by. Adam and jamie are trying to figure out the theory behind the chaos when diet cola and mentos mix. The rest of the mythbusters team explores the possibility of a standard postage stamp causing enough imbalance in the rotating assemblies of a. Jamie and adam try to scientifically explain the recently publicized and highly entertaining chemical reaction caused as a result of placing a mentos candy into a 2liter bottle of diet coke. The mythbusters episode aired last night aug 9th on the discovery. Mythbusters is a science entertainment tv program created and produced by australias beyond television productions for the discovery channel there is no consistent system for organizing mythbusters episodes into seasons. In addition, revisit a collection of hollywoods biggest big screen myths. Aug 09, 2006 mostly because the mentos provide nucleation sites for the dissolved carbon dioxide in the diet coke to escape as a gas. I saw it on tv and i bought mentos and a 2liter bottle of diet coke.
The season kicks off with a deeper look at the american civil war fought with polished bayonets, unreliable muskets, and bulky cannons. Please sign in with your tv provider to watch this episode and other great programs. Watch mythbusters season 15 episode mythbusters vs. Are the earliest moments of existence a question for science. Adam and jamie explore the fizzy myths of combining soda and candy. The mythbusters want to know scratch that, they need to know just how hollywood pulls off some of their most spectacular stunts and eyepopping effects. Mythbusters season 4 episode 14 diet coke and mentos. The rest of the mythbusters team explores the possibility of a standard postage stamp causing enough imbalance in the rotating assemblies of a helicopter. The mythbusters test the limits of selfhypnosis, if a persons stomach can explode from eating mentos and diet coke, and methods a hero can use to save others from a grenade. Amazing technology coca cola and mentos catch a lot eels in underground hole duration. Co 2, aspartame, potassium benzoate, and caffeine in the diet coke, gum arabic and gelatin in the mentos, as well as the tiny pits on a mentos candy nucleation sites are responsible for the explosive reaction of diet coke and mentos. Mythbusters take a stab at the mentos madness steve. Mar 22, 2007 what is it about the mentos and diet coke that makes it want to explode.
The difference may be due to different cap sizes or that people put the mentos in differently. Did mythbusters discover diet coke and mentos explosion answers. Gaming mythbusters episode 3 battlefield 4 mythbusters just cause 3 mythbusters. The mythbusters immediately ramped up the test to the scale of 8,000 stamps, which destroyed the scale model helicopter. When they eased our paranoia and confirmed that a penny dropped from a skyscraper cannot gain enough speed to kill a pedestrian. Then, kari, grant and tory investigate the myth that a postage stamp on a helicopter rotor blade can cause a tailspin. He told me that adam and jamie from mythbusters were going to do an episode on the whole mentos phenomenon and wanted to know some of the history of the demo. Tamoshunascatherine2007 mythbusters season 4 episode 14 diet coke and mentos.
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