GEEKIN' OUT: The COOLEST Science Experiment I Have Ever Seen

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We all know what happens when you mix Coca-Cola and Mentos breath mints together- yes, Coke will bubble and shoot up in the air. Now how about if someone harnessed this chemical reaction between the soda and the candy and used the explosive power to propel a car? Well, it won't solve the energy problem but it sure sounds like fun.

The experiment was performed by the same guys who brought us the sky-scraping Mentos/Coke geysers, Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz. Their "innovative" three-wheeled vehicle was attached to a complicated PVC pipe crate holding 108 two-liter Coke Zero bottles and 648 Mentos tablets...

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uaw_lax - 6/4/2010 11:55:35 AM

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How much ad money did you guys get from coke on this one?

SteedPub - 6/4/2010 12:01:24 PM

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BP needs to get these guys down to the Gulf.

lexusrox123 - 6/5/2010 5:30:29 PM

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Actually pretty impressive, considering the weight of a guy, a large bike frame, and 108 bottles of pop. I calculated the weight out to be roughly 800 pounds. 200 for the scientist test rider, 4 pounds for each coke is 432 lbs., and 200 or so lbs. for the bike frame thing.