(a) What is the common name of sodium hydrogen carbonate?
(b) What happens when a solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate is heated? Write equation of the reaction involved.
(c) Explain why sodium hydrogen carbonate is used as an antacid.
What happens when (Give equations of the chemical reaction) (i) A pinch of sodium hydrogencarbonate is added to ethanoic acid. (ii) Ethanol is oxidised with acidified potassium dichromate.
Which of the following compounds are administered as antacids? (a) Sodium carbonate (b) Sodium hydrogencarbonate (c) Aluminium carbonate (d) Magnesium hydroxide