According to Steve Spangler, he used Diet Coke not because it’s more reactive, but because it didn’t contain sugar , and thus made cleanup much easier than with regular coke.
Found it, and I was slightly mistaken:
Why should you use diet soda? The simple answer is that it just works better than regular soda. Some people speculate that it has something to do with artificial sweeteners. More importantly, diet soda does not leave a sticky mess to have to clean up. Hey, that’s important for your clean up! [Source]
I assume they meant diet coke as it’s known to be more reactive than regular coke.
According to Steve Spangler, he used Diet Coke
not because it’s more reactive, butbecause it didn’t contain sugar , and thus made cleanup much easier than with regular coke.Found it, and I was slightly mistaken:
I’d guess that it’s because the diet stuff doesn’t have as much corn syrup which would inhibit the foaming