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Baking Soda

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Baking Soda game quiz
"Baking soda- sodium hydrogencarbonate (commonly referred to as sodium bicarbonate)- is an indispensable ingredient in most baked goods which we consume; see how much you know about this compound."

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1. Baking soda is commercially manufactured on a large scale by the ammonia-soda Solvay process, named after Ernest Solvay, a Belgian industrial chemist. Which substances are the two main inputs (raw materials) in this process?
    Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate) and ethyl alcohol
    Washing soda (sodium carbonate decahydrate) and hydrochloric acid
    Common salt (sodium chloride) and limestone (calcium carbonate)
    Cream of tartar (potassium tartrate) and calcium oxalate


2. What is the appearance of baking soda at STP (Standard Temperature and Pressure)?
    Solid, black
    Gaseous, brown fumes
    Liquid, clear
    Solid, white


3. Which gas is evolved when baking soda is added to a moderately strong acid?
    Answer: (Two words- it turns lime water milky)


4. The first aerated drinks were prepared by adding baking soda to lemonade (the juice of lemons + water + sugar). Which component of lemon-juice would the baking soda react with to produce the "fizz"?
    Stearic acid
    Carbonic acid
    Nitric acid
    Citric acid


5. Is baking soda acidic, basic or neutral in nature?
    Answer: (One Word)


6. A baker once forgot to add baking powder (which contains baking soda) to a cake he was baking. How would his cake turn out?
    It would as a whole cook too fast and the edges would get burnt
    It would taste like anhydrous sodium chloride crystals
    It would be comparatively hard and small
    It would be semi-liquid except around the edges (it would not be uniformly heated)


7. Mr. Natrium wanted to bake a cake for his wife (who was a professor of chemistry) on the occasion of their 11th wedding anniversary. Realising that the ingredient "baking powder" was required for his recipe, he looked around the house for it, but to no avail. Browsing through the shelves of his wife's mini-laboratory, he found a near-empty bottle labelled "Baking Soda", and emptied its contents into the cake-mixture. What would his cake be like?
    It would get burnt quickly
    It would explode
    It would taste bitter
    It would never solidify completely


8. In the form of which mineral does sodium bicarbonate occur naturally? (A hint: its name is derived from the chemical formula of baking soda- NaHCO3.)
    Gypsum
    Mica
    Dolomite
    Nahcolite


9. One type of fire-extinguisher is the "soda acid" type, which contains a solution of sodium bicarbonate and a flask of sulphuric acid. When the flask is broken, acid reacts with sodium bicarbonate to produce a stream of frothy water. Which gas is contained in this water?
    Carbon dioxide
    Sulphuric acid (mist)
    Sodium (vapours)
    Sodium ethoxide


10. For which of the following ailments might a doctor prescribe sodium bicarbonate pills?
    Rheumatoid arthritis and/or aching joints
    Migraines
    Excessive acidity in the stomach
    Breathlessness


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Compiled Oct 01 12