Can you drink vinegar and baking soda together?

Answer 1

Baking soda is another name for Sodium Bicarbonate. This is a monosodic salt of Carbonic Acid. If you add vinegar (acetic acid), you will protonate the sodium bicarbonate, yielding carbonic acid. Carbonic acid, then, quickly decomposes into water and carbon dioxide (a gas), giving the characteristic "fizzing" of this reaction.

In simpler terms, just look at the chemical equation for this reaction

Na2CO3+2HC2H3O2-->2NaC2H3O2+H2O+CO2

Answer 2

Vinegar is acetic acid, Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. When these two are mixed, an acid-base neutralization reaction takes place with the evolution of Carbon dioxide gas (as bubbles).

CH3COOH + NaHCO3 -----> CH3COONa + H2O + CO2

Answer 3

It will probably make you sick in large amounts, but in normal use it is fine. I would advise you to mix the baking soda in water in order to avoid upsetting your stomach acid. In our household, we mix half a tablespoon of baking soda in each gallon of water. We drink distilled water, and so we add baking soda to ensure the water is alkaline.

ANS2:Consuming baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is a really bad idea for people who are hypertensive. Sodium elevates blood pressure.

Answer 4

since baking soda is a solid probably not.

however a solution of baking soda in water, is not really basic enough to do much damage. though you will be burping a lot because it will release a lot of CO2 when it hits your stomach acid

Answer 5

You could. It would make you burp and even may make you vomit if there is too much gas produced. The vinegar may make you sweat. Anything in too big a quantity is dangerous. A small amount of vinegar ie less than a cup with a few teaspoons of baking soda won't be pleasant but you could drink it.

Answer 6

Goggles, aprons, gloves, mask ( if you desire) and a clean area, and paper towels to wipe it all up with after

Another view:

I clean with vinegar and baking soda frequently, and have never had any problems with it. The main caution is to never mix the two in a closed or sealed container. It does great on cleaning the aluminum filter on the filter on my stove exhaust fan. I just place the filter in a shallow plastic dish, sprinkle baking soda all over it, then pour the vinegar on it. It fizzes and removes the grease and grime from the filter with no scrubbing.

Answer 7

It is safe. All that results is rapidly produced carbon dioxide.

Answer 8

There is a chemical reaction going on when the acids and bases react, and... It goes BOOM! It explodes. I did an experiment on this last year in 5th grade...

Answer 9

In small amounts, sure - it just makes a rush of bubbles. You wouldn't want to try it with 100 lbs. of baking soda and five gallons of vinegar, though.