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When baking soda and vinegar is mixed together what happens to it? What is the reaction called?

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When baking soda and vinegar is mixed together what happens to it? What is the reaction called?

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When baking, the acetic acid (from vinegar) reacts with sodium bicarbonate (in soda) to form carbonic acid. It’s an acid-base reaction. Carbonic acid is unstable, and it immediately falls apart into carbon dioxide (to form foaming and bubbling) and water.