Why and How does baking soda and vinegar mix?

Question

why does it explode when you mix vinegar and baking soda?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Baking soda and vinegar do not "explode" when mixed. I am not even sure if it is an exothermic reaction (i.e. releases heat). To test, mix some baking soda and vinegar in a plastic bag, and feel the bag: if it is hot or warm, then the reaction is exothermic. I think it is an endothermic reaction, however.

Baking soda is basically sodium bicarbonate, and is a base. Vinegar is an acid, with a pH of around 2.5. When you mix them, it forms carbonic acid (a weak and unstable acid) that quickly decomposes into carbon dioxide and water.

Answer 3

Simply: They react to form the products Water, Sodium Acetate, and Carbon Dioxide. The CO2 (gas form) when kept under pressure, pops the cork.

Get an "A".

Answer 4

vinegar, an acid releases carbon dioxide gas from baking soda.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

no idea