Baking Soda

Write the formulae for the following and calculate the molecular mass for each one of them. a) Caustic Potash b) Baking powder c) Lime Stone d) Caustic Soda e) Ethanol f) Common Salt

Baking powder contains:

(a) For the preparation of cakes, baking powder is used. If at home your mother uses baking soda instead of baking powder, how will it affect the taste of the cake and why ? (b) How is baking soda converted into baking powder? (c) What makes the cake soft and spongy ?

How would you distinguish between baking powder and washing soda by heating ?

An ingredient of baking powder is-

(i) Give the constituents of baking powder (ii) Why cake or bread swells on adding baking powder? Write chemical equation.

Washing soda is ______________ .

When washing soda is heated

Give one word for the following : An acid present in baking powder

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