Talk:Mentos eruption
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good day,
I genuinely want to contribute to wikipedia. Could you please tell me what is wrong with my article so that I can change it. Is there something that you would like me to take out (or add)?
-> I don't think there's anything wrong with your article as such, just that several members must feel that it doesn't warrant its own article (perhaps the name "Mentos eruption" is not common enough) and could be instead added into the main Mentos article. --86.112.251.74 08:52, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Looks good to me! 83.88.169.167 14:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback guys (Toritaiyo 05:10, 12 August 2006 (UTC))
- I would vote against merging the articles. I would argue that the phenominon is notable in and of itself, as evidenced by its appearance on numerous radio news shows, newspaper articles, as an internet meme, and even being the dedicated subject of an entire episode of Mythbusters. That sounds like something that deserves its own article to me. Granted, this one DOES need expansion... Fieari 16:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
It's been proven that you don't need as many as seven Mentos to achieve a rocket, and duct tape (or any tape at all, for that matter) is not necissarily required. I'm not familiar with Wikipedia standards, but is this something that should be corrected?
[edit] Tone and the Trivia Section
I don't think that the trivia section should be included unless there is some notable scientific reference cited. (Toritaiyo 14:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Possible topic
Could it be possible that the Mentos/Soda reaction could be a modern day interpretation of the urban legend about eating pop rocks and drinking soda at the same time, I personally think this thought warrents further investigation, maybe even a re-visit of said myth on the show, Mythbusters? What do you all think? - RVDDP2501 14:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- They did poprocks + pop on mythbusters... they took several packages of poprocks, dumped them into the pig stomache, added coke and the thing expanded to more then twice its size! This is a little off topic but I thought I'd Mention it :) 130.179.39.164 22:37, 6 November 2006 (UTC) (CanadaAotS)
I know they did that one hovever since the mentos and cola have such a "violent" reaction, they could technically prove the myth. - RVDDP2501 00:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Jamie, from the mythbusters, kinda did this. He put a mento in his mouth and drank some diet cola and it shot out of his mouth!70.100.165.76 13:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] why diet cola?
Why? Is it because it has more Carbon Dioxide or something?
Josh215 22:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- According to the main article, it is a combination of ingredients. Aspartame (Nutrasweet) is only in diet sodas. I wonder if the same reaction would occur using Diet Coke with Splenda? Dmine45 12:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Trimming links
I am trimming the links. We don't need so many links to videos.
- One link to search results should do.
- Eepybird's official site is fine, but the other sites that repost their videos are not needed.
- The "First known documented Diet Coke and Mentos rocket" will go. It links directly to a 30Mb .avi It's no different than the YouTube videos except its massive size.
- The "splash off" link is out of date. Event is over.
Prometheus-X303- 06:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Founder
Does anyone know who founded this? I think it might of been Kari Byron from the mythbusters but I could be wrong. 70.100.165.76 13:55, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
There's vandalism in the "see also" section, that I can't seem to get rid of. Anyone know of a fix?
I haven't seen that, but I did see someone posting on here that someone else is gay. I removed it. 71.15.148.187 03:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)Mortari i think this is a good idea try to find the most carbonated drink in the world drop some mentos in it and Kaboom haha that is cool im 12
[edit] mythbusters used a nozzle
Hhhhheeeeeyyyyy! that's cheating!
[edit] An explanation to the effect
Hi, the explanation in the article is not accurate since the eruption has nothing to do with coke or with mentos. It will happen in any soft drink that contains CO2, and any soluble stuff that you drop inside the bottle. For example you can try to put sugar or salt into a Fanta bottle. We had a long discussion in the Hebrew wikipedia and decided to omit the arabic gum explanation. The eruption happens only because of nucleation around a soluble solid. We also changed the name of the article to something like: "Eruption that follows nucleation". Melamed katz 01:38, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Alternate candies
Mentos are hard to come by in the UK, and I would imagine other countries outside of north America. Has anyone tried this with a substitute candy such as might be readily available in other countries such as the UK? If so how did it compare to the Mentos? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.1.57.92 (talk) 00:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC).
I tried to use skittles and starburst but it turned out really bad. Plus you can order mentos online @ their website.-March 2007
[edit] Mistakes
This is a pathetic article in terms of grammar, sentence structure, coherence, etc. Parts of it were clearly made by a bunch of random people each tacking on one more sentence to the article. I fixed some, but the entire article needs rearranging, and I'm really busy right now. Twilight Realm 03:30, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Question.
Shouldn't a citation be needed for "backyard science experiment fad first demonstrated by "science guy", Steve Spangler." I looked it up on the Spangler's page but I didn't see anything verifying or even claiming the "honor". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.229.124.143 (talk) 05:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC).
I found out that the first person to do it was Lee Marek if you go to <TheTartan.org/2007/2/19/scitech/how> -March 2007
[edit] some info
about 3 years ago we did something like this at school, but instead we used root beer(not diet but regular) and mint live savers, It seemed to work really well. Maybe something should be added about other ways of doing the soda geyser as this reaction isn't unique to mentos and diet coke.
