Usage:
Although baking powder's main purpose is to rise batter and dough for baked goods, it also has great uses for other tasks such as whitening teeth, eliminating odours from the refrigerator, cleaning the house, being a component of fire extinguishers, and many more.
One of sodium bicarbonate's major uses is an additive in animal feed. Although, with human foods, it balances the proper acidity of an animal's feed. This improves the animal's ability to digest and absorb its food.
Sodium bicarbonate is also used in a variety of medical drugs. For example: Baking powder is a common ingredient in antacids. They are products that are designed to relieve heartburn, acid indigestion, sour stomach, and other pains in the body that is caused by overeating or unhealthy foods. Some pharmaceuticals, such as Alka-Seltzer®, contains citric acid and sodium bicarbonate (Sodium Bicarbonate, 2006). "The citric acid helps the sodium bicarbonate dissolve more quickly and produces more effervescence when the tablet is dissolved in water." ("Sodium Bicarbonate," 2006, para.12).
Sodium bicarbonate is also used in cleaning products to clean the household and industry mishaps. Many householders use commercial baking soda, such as products that are sold by the Arm & Hammer company, to clean kitchen and bathroom areas. For example: The sinks, stoves, and toilet bowls are items that are cleaned by commercial baking soda.
Industries use sodium bicarbonate filters to remove sulfur dioxide and other pollutants that are produced from factory smokestacks. This compound is also used to give particular properties of waste water to maintain it's proper acidity, remove certain odors (like the scent of sulfur dioxide), and to destroy bacteria. Some communities have used aqueous solutions of sodium bicarbonate, sprayed at high pressure, to remove paint, smoke scums, mold from buildings, walls, and etc,.
Sodium bicarbonate is a component of fire extinguishers (Sodium Bicarbonate, 2006). "When it comes into contact with an acid in the fire extinguisher, the sodium bicarbonate releases the carbon dioxide and a flow of water that is under pressure to put out the fire." ("Sodium Bicarbonate." 2006, para.13).
Other uses of sodium bicarbonate include:
Interesting Fact
Did you know that in the 1980s people used an aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate to clean the Statue of Liberty (Sodium Bicarbonate, 2006)?
Although baking powder's main purpose is to rise batter and dough for baked goods, it also has great uses for other tasks such as whitening teeth, eliminating odours from the refrigerator, cleaning the house, being a component of fire extinguishers, and many more.
One of sodium bicarbonate's major uses is an additive in animal feed. Although, with human foods, it balances the proper acidity of an animal's feed. This improves the animal's ability to digest and absorb its food.
Sodium bicarbonate is also used in a variety of medical drugs. For example: Baking powder is a common ingredient in antacids. They are products that are designed to relieve heartburn, acid indigestion, sour stomach, and other pains in the body that is caused by overeating or unhealthy foods. Some pharmaceuticals, such as Alka-Seltzer®, contains citric acid and sodium bicarbonate (Sodium Bicarbonate, 2006). "The citric acid helps the sodium bicarbonate dissolve more quickly and produces more effervescence when the tablet is dissolved in water." ("Sodium Bicarbonate," 2006, para.12).
Sodium bicarbonate is also used in cleaning products to clean the household and industry mishaps. Many householders use commercial baking soda, such as products that are sold by the Arm & Hammer company, to clean kitchen and bathroom areas. For example: The sinks, stoves, and toilet bowls are items that are cleaned by commercial baking soda.
Industries use sodium bicarbonate filters to remove sulfur dioxide and other pollutants that are produced from factory smokestacks. This compound is also used to give particular properties of waste water to maintain it's proper acidity, remove certain odors (like the scent of sulfur dioxide), and to destroy bacteria. Some communities have used aqueous solutions of sodium bicarbonate, sprayed at high pressure, to remove paint, smoke scums, mold from buildings, walls, and etc,.
Sodium bicarbonate is a component of fire extinguishers (Sodium Bicarbonate, 2006). "When it comes into contact with an acid in the fire extinguisher, the sodium bicarbonate releases the carbon dioxide and a flow of water that is under pressure to put out the fire." ("Sodium Bicarbonate." 2006, para.13).
Other uses of sodium bicarbonate include:
- A blowing agent is used in the process of plastics
- Creates other sodium compounds in the manufacturing process
- Helps prevent the growth of mold on timber
Interesting Fact
Did you know that in the 1980s people used an aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate to clean the Statue of Liberty (Sodium Bicarbonate, 2006)?
(1) Sodium bicarbonate is a component in fire extinguishers. (2) Lemon, distilled vinegar, salt, and baking soda are used for cleaning the household. (3) Factories release bad pollutants into the atmosphere. (4) A comparision of putting in sodium bicarbonate in dough before leaving it to rise and it's results after leaving the dough to rise.