Why does mentos react with diet coke?

When mentos is placed in a 2 liter of diet coke, why does it react and overflow?

  • Answer:

    When you drop the Mentos into the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic from the dissolving candy break the surface tension. This MORE?

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