Question

1. What happens when you add buttermilk (an acid) to baking soda (a base) in a mixing bowl does the pH increases or decreases or neutral.

2. A scientist is looking for a solution that is neither acidic nor basic. Which pH would identify a solution as neither acidic nor basic?
3. How self-raising flour helps cake rise?
4. Why do bases make good household cleaners?
5. When you vomit, you feel a burning sensation in your mouth and throat. Why do you think this happens?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1)This reaction is an acid base reaction. Baking soda is made up of sodium bicarbonate has it's PH above 7,while the Buttermilk contains some fatty acids with it's PH below 7, neutralization would occur when mixed together, and the pH of the mixture must be close to 7 which is neutral pH.

2) PH of 7(Neutral PH)

3)Self-raising flour has baking powder as one of its constituents. It also cotains cream of tartar, bicarbonate soda as well as calcium aluminium phosphate, the carbon dioxide from Bicarbonate of soda is released when reaction with acid takes place, then the Cream of tartar turns to tartaric acid when it is mosturized , then the reaction between them will produce bubbles of carbon dioxide in the cake, causing the cake to rise.

4)It makes a good household cleaner because it react with organic chemicals such as oil or grease then break them down like without attacking the metals that is attached to them.Bases contain particles called hydroxide ions. The higher the amount of hydroxide ions present in a base , the stronger it is.

5) The harsh acid or bike in the stomach creates a burning sensation in the back of your throat which irritate the food pipe line. Ifthe acid reflux is severe, it's reffered to as gastroesophageal reflux