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How Does Baking Soda And Vinegar React?

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    The experiment baking soda and vinegar is one of the most popular. However, it is deceptively simple: What appears to be one reaction is actually two, happening in quick succession.


    What actually happens is the acetic acid (that's what makes vinegar sour) reacts with sodium bicarbonate (a compound that's in baking soda) to form carbonic acid. It's really a double replacement reaction.  Carbonic acid is unstable.  It iwll immediately breaks down to carbon dioxide and water.  The bubbles (from the reaction) come from the carbon dioxide escaping the solution that is left. Carbon dioxide is heavier than air, so, it flows almost like water when it overflows the container. It is a gas that you exhale (though in small amounts), because it is a product of the reactions that keep your body going.

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    Missiemiss 

    answered 11 months ago

    This didnt help me at all with my 25 note cards i have to right on this experament
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