10) What is baking powder? Explain the action of baking powder in making of cake. Write equation of the
reaction involved and also give its two uses.
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Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid.
Explanation:
On mixing baking powder with water , which is present in dough prepared for making a cake , sodium hydrogen carbonate reacts with tartaric acid to evolve carbon dioxide gas . the carbon dioxide gas gets trapped in wet dough and bubbles out slowly and the cake become soft and spongy .
NaHCO3(aq) + H+( aq ) -> N
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