Talk:Gum arabic
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"Gum arabic is taken from the sap of the acacia tree."
Indeed. Why? What's it for? What does it do? Properties, History... research!!!!
- Aww, don't bite the newbies! It is a wiki, anyway, afterall :) Dysprosia 03:51, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I changed the link to the mentos and coke experiment to point to a google video i found while researching the experiemnt because the link that was there wasnt working for me (it would load the page but not the video). Calebegg 23:02, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Well, now that Google link itself doesn't appear to work. --Paulmoloney 14:15, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Link should work. Thanks for noticing it. I'll edit it back in. Gee, I'm famous on the internet... -- The Linux Fairy (Joshua Wise)
The external link did not work so I pointed it to some random google video --Magicmasta 22:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)--
[edit] "Mentos and coke" experiment explanation
I very much doubt that the surface activity of gum arabic has anything to do with its ability to nucleate carbon dioxide release from carbonated beverages. If this were so, dishwashing liquid should do at least as good a job, and probably a better one. Speaking as a scientist who has worked in this area, I believe that it is much more likely that the hydrophobic regions along the gum arabic molecule (which are responsible for its ability to stabilize emulsions through providing anchoring points to oil droplets) may act as nucleation sites for bubble formation.
Hi, I've started a page about this mentos experiment and added the scientific explanation provided on the science website ([1]) of the person who popularized the experiment. But I don't really understand the science behind it. Since you are a scientist you no doubt would understand it more than me. And it would be an honor to have you edit the page that I made Mentos eruption -Thanks
[edit] Snapple
Can anyone provide a date as to when Snapple changed their labels? Or even verify that they ever used the old name at all?
The Storm Surfer 09:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
