Question

action of heat on sodium acetate with soda lime?

Answer 1

Sodium salt of caboxylic acid that is sodium actetate (CH₃COONa) when heated with soda lime (NaOH - sodium hydroxide).A decaoboxylation reaction takes place that is carbon dioxide is removed or eliminated from CH₃COONa so to give product methane (CH₄ ) and sodium carbonate ( Na₂CO₃ ), the equation for this reaction is :
CH₃COONa + NaOH ---------> CH₄ + Na₂CO₃