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What do you observe when you add sodium bicarbonate to acetic acid?

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asked Mar 17, 2018 in Science by paayal (26,720 points) ● 4 ● 6 ● 11

What do you observe when you add sodium bicarbonate to acetic acid? How would you identify the gas released in the reaction? Describe briefly.

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answered Mar 17, 2018 by sanjaydas (61,430 points) ● 5 ● 7 ● 7
selected Mar 21, 2018 by Vikash Kumar
 
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A colourless gas with brisk effervescence is evolved on addition of sodium bicarbonate to acetic acid. Lime water turns milky when this gas is passed through it, thus the evolved gas is carbon dioxide.

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