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Question
What do you observe when acetic acid is added to sodium bicarbonate?
Solution
When acetic acid is added to sodium bicarbonate, it liberates brisk effervescence of carbon dioxide with carbonates or hydrogen carbonates.
CH3COOH + NaHCO3 → CH3COONa + H2O + CO2↑
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