mentos

the chemical reaction that takes place when dropping a mento into a bottle of soda is called nucleation. What causes the pressure is the build of carbon dioxide in the plastic container of the coke. Boyles law can be used to explain this because there is a build up of pressure which caused the bottle to fly up into the air. In my opinion the reason why the bottle flew up was because of the drastic increase in pressure.

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