Your friend combines vinegar (which contains acetic acid, CH₃COOH) and baking soda (NaHCO₃) and ends up with a runny foam. Your friend is pretty sure that the reaction produces water and carbon dioxide, which he can see just by looking at the foam, but he is unsure of what else the reaction produces. Given the partial reaction below, what do you tell your friend? NaHCO₃ + CH₃COOH → H₂O + CO₂+ ?

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When acetic acid (CH₃COOH) reacts with baking soda (NaHCO₃), the hydrogen (H) from the acetic acid combines with the bicarbonate (HCO3) from the baking soda to form water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). However, the sodium (Na) from the baking soda combines with the remaining acetate (CH₃COO) from the acetic acid to form the salt sodium acetate (CH₃COONa). Therefore, the correct answer is A as well as the explanation.

Your Friend Combines Vinegar (Which Contains Acetic Acid, CH3COOH) and Baking

Your Friend Combines Vinegar (Which Contains Acetic Acid, CH₃COOH) and Baking