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LAVA89 wrote:Science happens everywhere....in your home, in a classroom, while you're mowing your lawn, when you're walking down the street, everybody that you meet.

It's a simple message and it comes from the heart.

ohnolookout wrote:CH3CO2H + NaHCO3 ---> CH3CO2Na + H2CO3


H2CO3 ---> H2O + CO2


There's the chemical formula for the reaction going on between vinegar (which is acetic acid) and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). It's a simple acid-base reaction, one you learn pretty early in chem.


Acetic acid grabs the sodium, bicarbonate grabs the hydrogen, and bicarbonate becomes carbonic acid.

That breaks apart into carbon dioxide and water. Which is the visible (and pretty cool looking) reaction. You can inflate the balloon by having the reaction take place in a bottle or some such container that you can attach the balloon too. Using Alka-seltzer also works, since sodium bicarbonate is a major ingredient in it.

Also, you can put it into a film canister, close it, turn it upside down, and watch it pop off like a rocket. I remember doing that, back in my elementary school days. :3

While we're on the topic of acetic acid... the ways some people display acetic acid annoy me. I saw this: HCH3COO in my textbook the other day. WHO DOES THIS.

Anyways.

Science happens everywhere....in your home, in a classroom, while you're mowing your lawn, when you're walking down the street, everybody that you meet.

It's a simple message and it comes from the heart.