Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

well i have a few questions

i got a lil farther sinice i posted the topic

first question
what is the elemen in vinengar that, when combined with baking soda, creates it to expand so much.

second question
why DOES the compound expand so much

third question
does this combination of the elements needed to expand appaer in everyday life like balloons or other things? explain

fourth
what makes you yourself an expert at science, what do you major in

fifth
what is your full name

sixth
how much wood would a wood chuck chuck



ok thanks if you answer these questions

but i have to say, my backround research paper is due tomorrow

nothing like waiting until the last minute, right Adam?

you might check out the following for an intro to the vinegar/baking soda reaction....

http://library.thinkquest.org/3347/vinegar+bsoda.html


The chemistry looks something like this (numbers should be subscript):

acetic acid (HC2H3O2) + bicarbonate from baking soda (HCO3-)
-> carbonic acid (H2CO3) + acetate (C2H3O2)

then:
carbonic acid (H2CO3) -> water (H2O) + carbon dioxide (CO2)

bicarbonate comes from the baking soda, while acetic acid is what makes vinegar so, er, acidic. One thing you might explore, depending on the nature of your project, is if other chemical components can participate in similar two-step reactions that generate gases as a product...

I need help with a science project I am homeschooled on DVD and don't ahve an science teacher. I am doing my first scienc eproject this year and I choose Chemistry. But I think its a liitle hard its on hydrogen peroxide please help me get an easier project that will make an A for a freshman.

The posting by THB explains the chemistry very well. What was not said is that the liquid viniger and liquified sodium bicarbonate react for form a gas. The amount of matter is the same, but at room temperatures the gas occupies several hundred times the volume that the same matter occupied as a liquid.

My full name is Robert Reavis. I have had the same name my entire life, 56 years so far.

You want to be an expert too? Go to school for 18 years, get a masters degree in engineering, study chemistry, physics, mechanics, electronics, computers, hardware, software, human factors, and lots and lots of math. And, calculus is not hard, but it is the starting point for three more years of college math

About the woodchuck, well, I asked my son. He is a graduate in biology. The answer is, "As much wood as a woodchuck would chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood."