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Baking powder is mostly made of baking soda as well as a weak acid and a weak base. Adding water to baking soda causes it's ingrediants to combine to produce carbon dioxide. When you mix baking soda into a recipe and then add anything with water in it, the carbon dioxide created forms bubbles of gas inside the mixture. This causes the bread or whatever you are making to become fluffy instead of turning into a tough chewy brick when it is baked.
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What gas is baking powder made of?
carbon dioxide
What gas does baking powder give off?
Carbon dioxide, CO2
What is the name of the chemical that baking powder contains?
carbon dioxide
How does BAKING POWDER?
when baking powder combines with water, it turns into carbon dioxide which rises in the pastry, causing it to puff
What is the word equation when baking powder is heated?
When baking powder is used in baked products it produces carbon dioxide
What produces more carbon dioxide when mixed with vinegar baking soda or baking powder?
If one is working with equal amounts, baking soda might produce more carbon dioxide when mixed with vinegar, because baking powder is already combined with an acidic ingredient.
What gas is produced when acid mixed with baking powder?
Water vapor is produced when baking soda and hydrochloric acid are mixed.
Is baking powder and water a chemical reaction?
yes it creates carbon dioxide
How does the chittick apparatus determine the carbonate of soda in baking powder?
By measuring the amount of carbon dioxide given off when the baking powder reacts with an acid
Is baking powder and bicarbonate soda the same in baking?
Baking powder usually is just bicarbonate of soda, that is, baking soda, mixed with an acid. The baking soda and the acid together produce carbon dioxide and acts as a leavening agent.
How does baking powder and salt change flour into self-raising?
The difference is only the baking powder - baking powder gives off carbon dioxide when heated/cooked - hence the mixture made using it rises during cooking.
What is similar to baking powder?
bicarbonate of soda.It produces carbon dioxide when heated in damp cake mixtures.
