Science: why is baking soda and vinegar so powerful when combined?

Question

help me please this is for a grade (Science Fair Project)

Answer 1

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. This reaction is an example of a multi-step reaction.

What actually happens is this: 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, and it immediately falls apart into carbon dioxide and water (it's a decomposition reaction). The bubbles you see 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.

What's left is a dilute solution of sodium acetate in water.

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Vinegar is acetic acid: CH3COOH
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate: NaHCO3
Mixing the two is simply and acid base reaction.
CH3COOH + NaHCO3 ---> CH3COONa + H2CO3
That last product is carbonic acid which quickly decomposes into
carbon dioxide and water:
H2CO3 ---> H2O + CO2
The CO2 is what you see foaming and bubbling in this reaction.


Acid/base neutralization:
HC2H3O2 (acetic acid) + HCO3- (bicarbonate ion) ----> H
H2CO3 (carbonic acid) + C2H3O2- (acetate ion)
H2CO3 -----> H2O + CO2
The foaming is the liberation of CO2 gas when carbonic acid dissociates.

Answer 2

initially i might start up by potential of employing everyday indicator to locate the ph of each and every baking soda and vinegar. Then locate diverse components (metals, fabric, something particularly which you will attempt in each and every substance) you are able to could desire to combine the baking soda with water?? unsure if this wud result the outcomes?? From what the ph is of each and every you shud anticipate what you think of will ensue with each and every fabric. Then write up a end of what you word!! Remeber to maintain the circumstances the resembling ensur that's a honest attempt! good success! additionally in case you dont have any everyday indicator: Baking soda is alkaline, a base, with a pH of around 8.a million pH of vinegar ranges everywhere from 2 to 3.5 (based on the type)

Answer 3

Because you are mixing an acid and a base and the reaction produces carbon dioxide.

Answer 4

don't know, but it clears clogged drains.

Answer 5

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