My son (6) and I are doing a series of little science experiments. We knew about this one but don't know why this happens. We get a glass of vinegar and add a spoonful of bicarb soda and the result is a fizzy type erruption. Why is this the result of these two products mixing? In SIMPLE six year old terms, thank you.
2007-01-01 15:08:15 · 6 answers · asked by T 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
When vinegar is added to sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), it produces a very fizzy and volatile mixture of carbonic acid decomposing into carbon dioxide and water. It is exemplified as the typical acid-base reaction in school science experiments. The salt that is formed is sodium acetate.
In other words...vinegar (acid) + baking soda (base)=Fizzy Co2 bubbles
2007-01-01 15:16:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's kinda difficult to explain in six year old terms (which may be why chemistry isnt taught at so young an age)
in any case, the the acid (vinegar/acetic acid) reacts with the base(sodium bicarbonate) to produce water and carbon dioxide. Since carbon dioxide is a gas, the solution bubbles and fizzes as the CO2 leaves the solution
2007-01-01 15:13:47 · answer #2 · answered by Greg G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vinegar is an acid (dilute acetic) and bicarb is a base.
Bases and acids often (always?) react when mixed, especially when mixed in water.
Some six-year-olds are very smart. Often much smarter than their parents. I think that talking down to them is a bad idea.
The real bad thing is that we seem to talk down to girls more than we do to boys.
2007-01-01 15:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
right this is something I picked up mutually as working as a C.N.A. in Nursing residences...BiCarb is vast for cleansing lavatories. a pair of pills artwork to get the stains long gone, make the bathroom scent super, would not remember how previous the product is, because of the fact the outcomes are the comparable! Vinegar is suited for cleansing microwaves. You upload a million cup of white universal vinegar right into a microwavable cup and warmth it for a million minute. enable it cool interior. The vinegar thoroughly seems after oily messes & once you employ the vinegar to scrub out the microwave, you could pour it down your drains to help them from getting clogged up. Vinegar is likewise the "previous formed" treatment that folk used until now Bleach got here on the popular scene. Use a million cup on your washer bleach dispenser/your fabric softener dispenser(would not remember which)and it will get your clothing purely as "white" as bleach does. besides the undeniable fact that, the vinegar scent will disappear as quickly because of the fact the device the two dries by technique of itself, or warmth is further. you ought to use it as a textile softener for the comparable reason. even even with the shown fact that your clothing scent like somebody's salad going into the dryer/clothesline, they gained't whilst they have dried. by technique of how, the way that Vinegar became efficient in keeping your drains sparkling on your sinks additionally works on your washer. The vinegar will help the soaps used from gunking up the lines on your washer.
2016-12-15 13:25:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-21 14:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are opposites, one is an acid and one is a base or alkaline
2007-01-01 15:10:32 · answer #6 · answered by tony h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋