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We conducted a lab on Friday and today we have to answer a few post lab questions.
I'm stuck on one question and it asks:
Does sodium bicarbonate (aka Baking Soda) (NaHCO3) function as an acid or a base? What sort of condition will determine this?
I know that sodium bicarbonate will function as a base in a typical neutralization reaction such as NaHCO3 + HCl → NaCl + H2O + CO2 .
However, when will it function as an acid? I cannot seem to find this bit of info anywhere on the net.
Also, another question, it says here write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) with phosphoric acid. Does anyone know what it is?
I think it starts like this but I have no idea what the other products are, well, i know one is going to be a salt, and the other one probably is a gas.
NaHCO3(s) + H3PO4(aq) --> H2O +
Thx in advance,
m!ke
I'm stuck on one question and it asks:
Does sodium bicarbonate (aka Baking Soda) (NaHCO3) function as an acid or a base? What sort of condition will determine this?
I know that sodium bicarbonate will function as a base in a typical neutralization reaction such as NaHCO3 + HCl → NaCl + H2O + CO2 .
However, when will it function as an acid? I cannot seem to find this bit of info anywhere on the net.
Also, another question, it says here write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) with phosphoric acid. Does anyone know what it is?
I think it starts like this but I have no idea what the other products are, well, i know one is going to be a salt, and the other one probably is a gas.
NaHCO3(s) + H3PO4(aq) --> H2O +
Thx in advance,
m!ke
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