explain the synthesis of baking soda and baking powder
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What Is Baking Soda?
Baking Soda is also defined as Sodium Bicarbonate. The Medieval Egyptians first quarried Natron, a natural deposit which mainly consists of Na2CO3. They used it as soap. In the year 1971, NaHCO3 was first manufactured by a French chemist named Nicolas Leblanc. It was in the year 1846, John Dwight and Austin Church started a manufacturing unit to produce baking soda using sodium carbonate and carbon dioxide.
Preparation of Baking Soda
Solvay process is used for the production of sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate industrially. In this process carbon dioxide, water, ammonia and brine solution in its concentrated form, are used as raw materials. This process is used mainly because it is inexpensive and less number of raw materials are used to produce necessary chemicals. The important chemical reaction that is used in the production of baking soda and sodium carbonate is:
CO2+H2o+NH3+Na+ → NaHCO3+NH+4
NaHCO3 → Na2CO3+CO2+H2O
Carbon dioxide produced is recycled to produce NaHCO3
Properties of Sodium Bicarbonate
It is non-flammable.
Powder dust is not as explosive.
It has a melting point of 500
NaHCO3 is a white crystalline solid which is odorless.
It is basic in natur
Answer:Sodium bicarbonate or Baking soda - definition
Sodium hydrogen carbonate is a white crystalline solid having a density of about 2.2 g/ml. It has alkaline taste and is sparingly soluble in water. The solubility of sodium hydrogen carbonate increases with the rise of temperature.
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