Baking soda or baking powder is

Question

Baking soda or baking powder is (A) washing soda (B) caustic soda (C) soda ash (D) sodium bicarbonate

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Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃ ). It is obtained as the intermediate product in the Solvay ammonia soda process. Normal carbonate can be changed to bicarbonate by passing CO₂ through its saturated solution.
Na₂CO₃ + H₂O + CO₂

\to

2NaHCO₃

Q. Baking soda or baking powder is

washing soda

caustic soda

soda ash

sodium bicarbonate

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3 ). It is obtained as the intermediate product in the Solvay ammonia soda process. Normal carbonate can be changed to bicarbonate by passing CO2 through its saturated solution. Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2 → 2NaHCO3

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃ ). It is obtained as the intermediate product in the Solvay ammonia soda process. Normal carbonate can be changed to bicarbonate by passing CO₂ through its saturated solution.
Na₂CO₃ + H₂O + CO₂ $\to$ 2NaHCO₃