Wednesday Oct. 5th

Today we watched Mythbusters. There were two myths that they were trying to solve. One was the Mentos Diet Coke explosion, and the other was whether or not a postage stamp could crash a helicopter. On the Diet Coke explosion they figured out that some of the ingredients in Diet Coke can help the Mento react better. The three ingredients are Caffine, Preservatives, and Aspartame. The mentos have two ingredients also that help make the reaction better, called gum arabic, and gelatin. The myth was busted because no one had explained what made the explosion happen. They tried to make a lot of different rockets using the Diet Coke and Mentos. They then have a contest to see who can have the highest launch from the Diet Coke bottle The postage stamp started out with the gang using remote control helicopters first to see if the stamp will make the helicopter crash. They found out that it doesn't affect it at all. On the small one the myth was busted. It would have had to been 8,000 pounds more than a stamp to crash the helicopter. This myth was busted.