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Question
What will happen if a solution of sodium hydrocarbonate is heated? Give the equation of the reaction involved.
Solution
When sodium hydrogen carbonate is heated then sodium carbonate and water is formed along with the evolution of carbon dioxide gas.
\[\ce{2NaHCO3 ->[\Delta] Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2}\]
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