Question

Is sodium hydroxide baking soda?

Answer 1

Hint:Baking soda is crystalline white solid which commonly appears as a white powder. It is a water - soluble salt formed by neutralization of a strong alkali with a weak acid. When we dissolve baking soda in water, an alkali solution is obtained.

Complete step-by-step answer:- Sodium hydroxide is not known as baking soda. Baking soda is another name for sodium bicarbonate.
- Sodium hydroxide comes from carbonate sodium, formerly known as ‘caustic soda’. There is no danger with sodium hydroxide. It will not explode or ignite. It reacts with different acids, such as with hydrochloric acid, and is neutralized and generates considerable exothermic neutralization heat.
Metals like aluminum, tin and zinc are corroded. It generates hydrogen during this process, which can act as an explosive gas.
Sodium hydroxide is highly hygroscopic, absorbing in the air moisture, carbon dioxide, or sulfur dioxide. It is also highly delicate and absorbs humidity to form a watery solution.
When liquid sodium hydroxide is diluted, a significant amount of heat is generated. Because this quickly produces high heat and the resulting solution can splatter if the water is carelessly poured into it.

Note:Let’s not get confused between baking soda and washing soda. Though their names are very similar they have one tiny difference. Washing soda has no hydrogen atom and it has two atoms of sodium while baking soda has a hydrogen atom and it contains only one sodium atom.