What is baking sada ? write the chemical name of baking soda. Give the important uses of baking soda. How does baking soda differ chemically from washing soda?
Baking soda is a substance added to food for its faster cooking. Its chemical name is sodium hydrogen carbonate.
Uses:- (i) it is used as an antacid to remove the acidity of the stomach.
(ii) it is used in the fire extinguisher.
Baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate where as washing soda is sodium carbonate decahydrate.