Home
Class 10
CHEMISTRY
(a) What is baking powder? How does it m...

(a) What is baking powder? How does it make the cake soft and spongy?
(b). In addition to sodium hydrogen carbonate, baking powders contain a substance X. Name the substance X what is the role of substance X in the baking powder?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

(b) substance X is tartaric acid
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ACID, BASES AND SALTS

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Short Answer Type Question|3 Videos

  • ACID, BASES AND SALTS

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Long Answer Type Questions|3 Videos

  • ACID, BASES AND SALTS

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Questions Based on High Ordre Thinking skills (HOTS)|1 Videos

  • CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Exercise|233 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

What is the role of tartaric acid in baking powder ?

One of the constituents of baking powder is sodium hydrogen carbonate. The other constituent is :

For making cake, baking powder is taken. If at home your mother uses baking soda instead of baking powder in cake. (a) How will it affect the taste of the cake and why? (b) How can baking soda be converted in to baking powder ? (c) What is the role of tartaric acid added to baking soda?

For making cake, baking powder is taken. If at home your mother uses baking soda instead of baking powder in cake, What is the role of tartaric acid added to baking soda?

Read the given passage and answer the following questions. Sanjana while preparing cake used baking soda in small amounts. It helps to make the cake soft land spongy. An aqueous solution of baking soda also turns red litmus blue. It is also used in soda acid extinguisher. What is the chemical name for baking soda?

LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR-ACID, BASES AND SALTS-Exercise
  1. (a) Name a sodium compound used for softening hard water. (b) Which ...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. (a). What is gypsum? What happens when gypsum is heated to 100^(@)C (3...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. (a) What is baking powder? How does it make the cake soft and spongy? ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. State two uses each of the following compounds: (a) Sodium hydroxide...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. (a) What is the common name of the compound CaOCl(2)? (b) Name the r...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. (a). What happens when concentrated solution of sodium chloride (brine...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. (a). What is bleaching powder? How is bleaching powder prepared? Write...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. (a). What is plaster of paris? Write the chemical formula of plaster o...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. The salt which will give an acidic solution on dissolving in water is:

    Text Solution

    |

  10. One of the following salts will give an alkaline solution on dissolvin...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. The salt which will give a neutral solution on dissolving in water wil...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. The products of chlor-alkali process are :

    Text Solution

    |

  13. The number of molecules of water of crystallisation present in washing...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The salt whose aqueous solution will turn blue litmus to red is:

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The aqueous solution of one of the following salts will turn red litmu...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. The salt whose aqueous solution will have no effect on either red litm...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. The aqueous solution of one of the following salts will turn phenolpht...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The formula of baking soda is:

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Which of the following is treated with chlorine to obtain bleaching po...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Plaster of paris is prepared by heating one of the following to a temp...

    Text Solution

    |