#Shorts #scienceexperiment/Vinegar & baking soda chemical reaction/test for carbondioxide gas

When baking soda is mixed with vinegar, the mixture quickly foams up with carbon dioxide gas.

Baking soda and vinegar react chemically because one is a base and the other is an acid. Baking soda is a basic compound called sodium bicarbonate. Vinegar is a diluted solution that contains acetic acid.

The baking soda and vinegar reaction is actually two separate reactions. The first reaction is the acid-base reaction.

When vinegar and baking soda are first mixed together, hydrogen ions in the vinegar react with the sodium and bicarbonate ions in the baking soda. The result of this initial reaction is two new chemicals: carbonic acid and sodium acetate.

The second reaction is a decomposition reaction. The carbonic acid formed as a result of the first reaction immediately begins to decompose into water and carbon dioxide gas