Question

How can you prepare carbon dioxide using sodium bicarbonate?

Answer 1

• We can prepare Carbon dioxide from Sodium bicarbonate by reacting it with acetic acid.
• When Sodium bicarbonate or Baking soda is reacted with Ethanoic acid or Acetic acid, it gives Sodium acetate, water, and Carbon dioxide.
• The equation of the reaction is-
• $\underset{\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{bicarbonate}}{{\mathrm{NaHCO}}_3\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Ethanoic}\mathrm{acid}}{{\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{COOH}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}\to \underset{\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{acetate}}{{\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{COONa}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Water}}{{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\left(\mathrm{l}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{dioxide}}{{\mathrm{CO}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}$
• Hence, by the above method, we can prepare Carbon dioxide using Sodium bicarbonate.