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Can sodium bicarbonate turn into gas?

Daniel Wigersma  Follow

Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), is a chemical that can undergo a decomposition reaction when heated. You use this reaction every time you cook and bake. The produced carbon dioxide gas makes baked goods rise! The higher the temperature of the sodium bicarbonate, the faster it will decompose.

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Dave Obrien  Follow

Simplest way is to add hydrochloric acid with control of pH to near 7, until all of the evolved carbon dioxide is removed. You will then have more NaCl in solution than before. If this is a problem then throw some of it away.

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Military Aircraft  Follow

When sodium bicarbonate is added to vinegar it produces a carbon dioxide gas.

One of the ingredients when baking is sodium bicarbonate commonly called baking soda, it produces carbon dioxide gas when in contact with water and acid. The baked products rise or become bigger due to carbon dioxide gas.

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Armando  Follow

No, but you can make HCl by adding concentrated sulfuric acid to table salt.

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Mohamed Garnett  Follow

Yes if heated or reacted with an acid:

2NaHCO3(s) + Heat = Na2CO3(s) + CO2(g) + H2O(g)

NaHCO3(s) + H+(aq) = Na+(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)

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Dexter Haven  Follow

Well, you start by asking what was meant by “8.4”. Without any units, “8.4” could mean a lot of different things: 8.4 mol/l ?8.4 %? 8.4 ppm ? 8.4 ppb? a pH of 8.4? Once you have found out, you rewrite the question accordingly.

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