The fizzing that is seen when an Alka-Seltzer tablet is dropped in acid is the same sort of fizzing reaction that can be seen when baking soda is mixed with vinegar. The chemical equation is shown below. You will be watching the lab from this video OR completing the lab for 5 points extra credit.
*If you're doing the lab for extra credit, you will need to submit a link to your copy of the completed lab document on the last question of this portfolio AND a picture of yourself (or a card with your name and date) with your lab set up.
Question to answer: If this experiment is like the first lab, what do you think the third product being formed is that fills up the balloon?
a
A second solid neutralized compound
b
Carbon dioxide as a gas
c
Baking soda again in its reactant form
1 answer
b. Carbon dioxide as a gas