What is the chemical name of baking soda?

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anor277
Nov 30, 2016

"Sodium hydrogencarbonate"

Explanation:

Most of the time we would refer to NaHCO_3 as "sodium bicarbonate", and HCO_3^- as the "bicarbonate ion".

Baking soda does contain other ingredients to help your cake to rise. We call it "baking powder" in Old Blighty.

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