Rockets...

Astronomy
Today was cool... My partner and I got to test out the reactions of different substances,and what happens when we mix them with water and baking soda. We first tried out vinegar, water,and baking soda.We put it in a bottle, and put a cork on the top of it. The pressure that eventually built up from the reaction of the vinegar, water, and baking soda made the cork pop off of the bottle. We did this same process except with other things such as: Lemon juice, germ x, pepsi, vegatable oil, and tonic water. All of these didn't give us the result that we wanted, but it was fun.
Submitted by LaurenR on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 12:23pm.
I wonder why the other solutions didn't make the cork pop off. Any ideas why they might not have worked?