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प्रश्न
What is baking soda?
उत्तर
Baking soda is a sodium salt used for speeding up the cooking of foodstuff such as various pulses. The chemical name of baking soda is sodium hydrogencarbonate (NaHCO3), also called sodium bicarbonate.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write two applications of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda).
A student takes about 2 mL ethanoic acid in a dry test tube and adds a pinch of sodium hydrogen carbonate to it. He reports the following observations:
I. Immediately a colourless and odourless gas evolves with a brisk effervescence.
II. The gas turns lime water milky when passed through it.
III. The gas burns with an explosion when a burning splinter is brought near it.
IV. The gas extinguishes the burning splinter that is brought near it.
The correct observations are
(A) I, II and III
(B) II, III and IV
(C) III, IV and I
(D) I, II and IV
What will happen if a solution of sodium hydrocarbonate is heated? Give the equation of the reaction involved.
Write the chemical name of baking soda. Give the important uses of baking soda. How does baking soda differ chemically from washing soda?
What is the common name of sodium hydrogencarbonate?
The formula of baking soda is:
(a) K2CO3
(b) KHCO3
(c) NaHCO3
(d) Na2CO3
Consider the following substances:
NaCl, Ca(OH)2, NaHCO3, NH3, Na2CO3, H2O, Cl2, CO2, CaSO4.2H2O, 2CaSO4.H2O, CaOCl2
Which compound is a part of baking powder?
A person found that the cake prepared by him is hard and small in size. Which ingredient has he forgotten to add that would have caused the cake to rise and become light? Explain your answer.
For making cake, baking powder is taken. If at home your mother uses baking soda instead of baking powder in cake,
- how will it affect the taste of the cake and why?
- how can baking soda be converted into baking powder?
- what is the role of tartaric acid added to baking soda?
Mild non-corrosive basic salt is ______.
