Question

Are the following chemicals acidic or basic

1) Soda water
2) Sodium Bicarbonate solution

(Just write acid or base, not the reason)

Answer 1

1. acidic

2. Basic

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Answer 2

1)acid

2)base

Sodium bicarbonate is the salt of a strong base (NaOH) and a weak acid (H2CO3), so an aqueous solution will also be basic (due to some bicarbonate anions undergoing hydrolysis into OH- anions and carbonic acid H2CO3, which remains undissociated in solution). Some compounds are crosses between acids and salts.