Do you think that washing soda, $Na_2CO_3$ , could be used for the same purpose as baking soda, $NaHCO_3$ ? Would $Na_2CO_3$ react with $HCl$ ? How do you write the chemical equation for the reaction of $NaHCO_3$ with $HCl$ ?

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Do you think that washing soda, $Na_2CO_3$ , could be used for the same purpose as baking soda, $NaHCO_3$ ? Would $Na_2CO_3$ react with $HCl$ ? How do you write the chemical equation for the reaction of $NaHCO_3$ with $HCl$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-06T07:54:40

I would not put sodium carbonate in my cake!

Explanation:

$NaHCO_3(aq)+HCl(aq)rarrNaCl(aq) + CO_2(g)uarr+H_2O(l)$

Sodium bicarbonate is commonly used as baking powder. (The commercial reagent is a mixture of stuff, including sodium bicarbonate, and possibly some sodium carbonate, but don't quote me.)

Of course sodium carbonate would speciate the same way:

$Na_2CO_3(aq) + 2HCl(aq) rarr 2NaCl(aq) + CO_2(g)uarr + H_2O(g)$

But I suspect that the cake you baked with washing soda would taste bitter.

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