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Dry Hopping Problem-
GuyNMT wrote:
Any idea why the artificial sugar in diet coke would nucleate more readily then normal sugar?
Just a guess, but finer particles increasing total surface area perhaps.
Either that or the Mentos reacts with the evil in the diet coke and results in a massive exodus of CO2...
GuyNMT wrote:
Any idea why the artificial sugar in diet coke would nucleate more readily then normal sugar?
I don't understand the question. The artificial sugar (aspartame) in diet coke is not the source of nucleation. The mentos microscopically rough surface is the nucleation point.
A good scratch in a glass serves as a nucleation site. Small traces of dirt in your glass acts as nucleation sites.
This started as a good thread, then just got silly. Ha ha
brewchez wrote:
I don't understand the question. The artificial sugar (aspartame) in diet coke is not the source of nucleation. The mentos microscopically rough surface is the nucleation point.
Guess I was wondering what properties of the aspartame and the mentos caused the reaction, but according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Coke_ … _eruption, the mentos do act as a nucleation site.
Mythbusters, as usual giving the most scientific answers to problems as usual, rofl.
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