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Some white powder from your kitchen fizzes when you put it into vinegar why is this a chemical reaction

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The white powder you are talking about is baking soda and it causes a chemical reaction with vinegar because baking soda is a bicarbonate and vinegar is a acetic acid, so when put together, they cause an acid-base reaction.
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