Is it really true that a cola when mixed with mint can kill a person?

what i mean is that when a child is eating mint gums and then he drink cola...is it true that it will kill him?

Is it really true that a cola when mixed with mint can kill a person?
Not true. It will make for one heck of a belch, but it is not lethal.





And it is not mint gum, but rather mentos...the mentos and cola mix and reacts.
Reply:I believe you are talking about the diet soda and mint mentos reaction. While as mentioned above it will cause a serious burp it will not kill you. It is not recommended trying this though.
Reply:If you put Mentos into a bottle or Coke, then put the cap back on, it will pop off in like, a minute.
Reply:depends because when mentos come in contact with cola, a very large amount of gas will produce.you can try if by putting in a tube of mentosinto a bottle of cola.
Reply:mint gums have only the flawer of mint, a little amount of mint. so they have not so dangerous impact due to cola on a person but if you have eaten a mint powder or candy then it will be dangerous becasue cola is acidic in nature having ph 2.25. it will evolve hydrogen gass as well as CO2 pressurized in the cola on cotact with mint vigorusly. it can creat a pressure in your stomach which can leads to vomiting as well as stoamch burst in sever case. you can try it with a plastic bottle of cola. poure a little amount of mint powder in it and see what hapens. the cola will come out like the water of a powerfull fountain depicting the pressure inside. the hapens inside the stomach.
Reply:Well, I think you got that wrong. When I child eats 15 gms of chocolate, drinks a coke and then goes out to have a McDonald Happy Meal, he kicks the bucket for sure.


Otherwise, the child could ingest some liquid bleach instead of cola.


Highly NOT recommended.
Reply:hahah... the cola and mentos combo! Well, it has yet to kill a person (probably an urban legend), but it will produce lots of gas, resulting in more bleaching or farting...





BUT rest assured, the effects also depends on the type of colas, normal cola don't produce as much effects as diet cola. It is true that cola can react with mentos and it is the combination of different cola and mentos that matter.





The artificial sugar, aspartame, exagerate and expedite the evolution of gas. In normal cola, the sugar is absent and a mere mento would just cause a small fizzle due to caffeine and their preservative, sodium benzoate (most often used). In addition, the different type of mentos react differently, majority of the mentos do not result in any rapid evolution of gas as their surface is smooth. Some mentos, like the mint ones, are not made the same way as their coating is nucleated (have very small holes). We know mentos coating has some form of carbonate that can react with acid to evolve gas but that produce little or no CO2 when compared to the amount of CO2 pressurised in them. When the coating is nucleated, it sped up the evolution of the pressurised gas (pressurised gas always looking for an outlet, aided by the chemicals in cola) and hence it can make a good rocket. It is the combination of these two that can make a spectacular display and what people may fear if they put the two of them in the tummy.





Anyway, mentos are usually chewed before swallowing, hence breaking down the coating that cause the rapid evolution of gas. Thus, it won't be of any harm to drink cola after that. Besides, the stomach acid will be doing the job first. Whatever the reaction between the two, it is probably applicable to only outside the body. Our mouth can only take a mouthful of diet cola at time, and according to chemistry 101, amount and concentration matters... thus it's unlikely to be of any harm.





You might like to take a look at this nice video on youtube:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM

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