Is it worth cleaning your home with these pantry goods?
Vinegar and baking soda are staples in the kitchen. Many of us have combined them in childhood scientific experiments: think fizzy volcanoes and geysers. But people also frequently mix vinegar and baking soda to produce a reportedly effective household cleaner. Unfortunately, the chemistry behind the bubbly reaction doesn’t support the cleaning hype. The fizzy action is essentially a visual “placebo”, formed by the combination of an acid and a base.
Mixing vinegar and baking soda causes an immediate chemical reaction. This reaction forms water, sodium acetate and carbon dioxide – the fizzy part. The amount of carbon dioxide gas that is produced from baking soda is remarkable – one tablespoon can release over five litres of gas! But only if you add enough acid. Reactions in chemistry often use equal quantities of chemical reagents.
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