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Question
Which of the following will give brisk effervescence with sodium hydrogen carbonate and why?
CH3COOH, CH3CH2OH
Solution
CH3COOH (ethanoic acid) gives brisk effervescence with sodium hydrogencarbonate. It reacts with sodium hydrogencarbonate to give sodium ethanoate, carbon dioxide and water. Effervescence is due to carbon dioxide evolved.
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