What happens when you mix bicarbonate of soda and vinegar?

Mixing baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and vinegar (acetic acid) causes a chemical reaction that produces a salt (sodium acetate) and water, as well as carbon dioxide gas. In this demonstration, baking soda is placed in a balloon that is attached to a flask holding vinegar. This creates a closed system.

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How do you make a big explosion with baking soda and vinegar?

Instructions:
  1. Put 1/4 cup warm water into the sandwich bag.
  2. Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the water in the sandwich bag.
  3. Put 3 teaspoons of baking soda in the tissue, then fold it up.
  4. Zip the sandwich bag shut but leave a corner open, enough to fit the tissue full of baking soda in.

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What does bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar clean?

Freshen your sink by mixing one part of baking soda with two parts of vinegar. This mixture unlocks an effervescent fizz of carbon dioxide that cleans and freshen drains. Remove hard water stains by placing a vinegar-soaked towel over the affected area.

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Can you leave baking soda and vinegar in toilet overnight?

For extra-stubborn clogs, you can let the fizz mixture sit overnight or combine this method with plunging. If your toilet remains clogged or continues to get clogged, this may be an indication of plumbing problems such as mineral buildup or pressure issues.

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What should you not mix with vinegar?

The Three Things You Should Never Mix with Vinegar
  • Hydrogen peroxide + vinegar. You may assume that combining these two ingredients in the same bottle will boost their cleaning power, but it's more likely to increase your risk of going to the emergency room. ...
  • Bleach + vinegar. ...
  • Baking soda + vinegar.

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Baking Soda and Vinegar Science Experiments

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How much baking soda and vinegar does it take to explode?

Adding vinegar to baking soda gives you an immediate reaction. Adding baking soda to vinegar, the reaction is delayed, but then fizzes the same amount. More vinegar is better. A 12 to 1 ratio of vinegar to baking soda caused a fizzing explosion!

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How much baking soda and vinegar will erupt?

1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) 1 tbsp washing up liquid. 2 tbsp water. ½ cup vinegar.

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What are the three ingredients for an explosion?

To create a simple explosion requires three essential ingredients: a means of ignition, a fuel source, and oxygen to support the rapid combustion, which, if confined, will produce an explosion.

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What two liquids make explosions?

For decades, science enthusiasts have delighted at the famously energetic way sodium and potassium explode on contact with water.

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What is the most powerful explosive?

Nitroglycerine, discovered in 1846, still remains the most powerful explosive in practical use.

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What changes will you notice first when you add baking soda to vinegar?

When baking soda is mixed with vinegar, something new is formed. The mixture quickly foams up with carbon dioxide gas. If enough vinegar is used, all of the baking soda can be made to react and disappear into the vinegar solution.

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Why shouldnt you mix baking soda and vinegar?

Baking soda + vinegar

If you mix acidic vinegar with basic baking soda and stow them away in a closed container, the mixture can be quite explosive—literally. That's because vinegar causes baking soda to foam up and explode.

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How long does it take for baking soda and vinegar to work?

Kitchen Sink: If you have scum or grease buildup on your kitchen sink, vinegar and baking soda can be effective. For the sink, sprinkle baking soda on the surface before scrubbing and rinsing it off. Soak paper towels in white vinegar and let them line the sink for 20 minutes before wiping the surface down.

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Do you pour baking soda or vinegar first?

If you're planning to use baking soda and vinegar together, Morris suggests using the mixture while it's still bubbling – and ideally, directly on the surface you're cleaning. For example, one useful method Morris suggests is to dump a bit of baking soda down a garbage disposal, followed by a couple glugs of vinegar.

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When you mix baking soda and vinegar does it get hot or cold?

Mixing baking soda and vinegar together creates an endothermic reaction, which means it absorbs heat and becomes cold.

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How do you make a small explosion with vinegar?

Zip the bag closed and then let the packet drop into the vinegar. One way or another, get the packet in the vinegar and zip the bag closed. Shake the bag a little, put it in the sink or on the ground, and stand back! The bag will puff up dramatically and pop with a bang.

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What type of chemical reaction is mixing baking soda and vinegar?

The first is called an acid-base reaction. When the two substances are mixed together, hydrogen ions in the vinegar react with the sodium and bicarbonate ions in the baking soda. This initial reaction results in two new chemicals: carbonic acid and sodium acetate.

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How much baking soda and vinegar to unclog a drain?

If your drain is clogged, clean it by pouring a pan of boiling water down the drain. Follow the water with 1 cup of baking soda and one cup of vinegar. You'll probably see some bubbles as the chemical reaction works its magic and opens your drain.

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What household items can cause an explosion?

7 THINGS IN YOUR HOUSE THAT COULD EXPLODE
  • Gas Grills. Every year 6,000 gas grills explode. ...
  • Gas Leaks. Gas leaks causing an explosion are fortunately very rare but when they do happen the results can be deadly. ...
  • Water Heater. ...
  • Furnace Boiler. ...
  • Glass Containers. ...
  • Cooking Flour. ...
  • Flammable Products.

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How to make a coke bomb?

Step 1: Remove the lid from the Diet Coke and set it the bottle of soda on a flat surface.
  1. Step 2: Roll the paper into a tube around a pack of Mentos mints, tape it into place and pull it off of the roll of mints.
  2. Step 3: Hold your finger over one end of the paper tube and have your child fill it up with Mentos mints.

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What is C4 made of?

C4 was used during the Vietnam War as part of demolition blocks; today, it is commonly used in both military and civilian settings for demolition and flares. C4 is composed of RDX (91%), dioctyl sebacate (5.3%), polyisobutylene (2.1%), and mineral/motor oil (1.6%) [1].

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What does C4 stand for?

Command, Control, Communications and Computers. An official website of the United States government.

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How loud is a nuclear blast?

A nuclear bomb.

Decibel meters set 250 feet away from test sites peaked at 210 decibels. The sound alone is enough to kill a human being, so if the bomb doesn't kill you, the noise will. Fun fact!

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