Answer to Question #24160 in Organic Chemistry for dora

Question

How much quantity of chemicals i do have to mix to create carbon dioxide to become paste?
quantity of sodium bicarbonate?
quantity of acid?(what kind of acid)
quantity of water?
how much heat?

Answer 1

Well, there's no not one solution for this task. You can use different kinds of acids with different level of dilution by water (different concentration). But there is one requirement for all these acids - they must be stronger than H₂CO₃. Only in this case CO₂ can be produced. Examples of acids are HCl, HBr, HI, H₂SO₃, H₂SO₄, HNO₃ and others. Quantity of water which you need depends upon concentration of acid.