Compare And Contrast Baking Soda And Vinegar

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Chemistry is a science that deals with many substances and also involves matter. In chemistry there’s the investigation of its ways in which the substances interact and how they combine, change and their uses when substances combine. A great way to show this is by doing an experiment that involves baking soda and vinegar being put together to have a reaction and to bond.

First off, vinegar is a liquid that consists mainly of a acetic acid and water. But, vinegar is also an organic compound, because it is distilled wine, apple cider, etc., which is also a bacteria. However, this bacterium, that vinegar is made of, is not a bad one. Vinegar is safe to digest. The formula for vinegar is CH3COOH.

Baking soda is a solid (white crystals), that is also known as sodium bicarbonate. Baking soda is 6.351 acid. Also it is a type of salt, soluble and is a natural mineral form, nahcolite. Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is a compound that is amphoteric. The formula for sodium bicarbonate is NaHCO3. Baking soda also has an ionic bond.

When combining both vinegar and baking soda, you will have a reaction. A gas, which will be the product along with water, will form that is known as carbon dioxide, and this occurs in two steps. To get this reaction, you will add the two together, and their formulas are: NaHCO3, CH3COOH. If you were to find their formulas and put them together, it would look like this: NaHCO3+ C2H4O2= 8 NaC2H2O2 + 10 H2O + 6 CO2. Carbon is unstable and will undergo a decomposition reaction that will produce the carbon dioxide gas.

While the two reactants, baking soda and vinegar combine, and bond, the ions is formed when the baking soda is dissolved in the vinegar will react with the ions fro...

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...ng formed, a temperature change, bubbles, fizzing, etc. In the experiment where you put baking soda and vinegar together, it is obvious there has been a change, because there are bubble being formed along with a temperature change and a gas that is made.

Identification of reactants or of the products is before the substances are mixed together. These substances are then mixed and then the results is the product of the mixed substances.

Chemistry has to do with everything. This is important, because everything revolves around Chemistry. Everything revolves around chemistry, because if you combine two things, not knowing its properties, there could be a reaction. To know what the substances are that you are combining; you need to use an indicator on the pH scale. You need to test this this way, because some chemicals or substance can be harmful towards yourself.

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