Baking+Soda

=__**Baking Soda (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate)**__=

__Chemical Composition__
 * Sodium bicarbonate
 * NaHCO3

__Production__
 * Artificially made
 * mix salt (NaCl) with limestone (CaCO3) and ammonia (NH3)
 * (limestone reacts with ammonia to form CO2 gas)

__Big Producers of Baking Soda__
 * Arm & Hammer

__Origination__ Baking soda originated from soda ash(Na2CO3), which was created byven though the french chemist Nicolas Leblanc. It consisted of salt heated with sulfuric acid (H2SO4), sodium sulfate (Na2SO4), and hydrochloric acid (HCl). The sodium sulfate was then heated with coal and limestone to form sodium carbonate, or soda ash.

Then during the late 1800's, the modern form of baking soda was created by a Belgian chemist, and this was soon adopted around the world.

__Interesting Facts__
 * Puts out fires
 * Removes Chlorine from hair
 * Softens water for baths
 * Aftershave
 * Cleans your teeth
 * Gets rid of smells
 * Sun-burn solvent
 * A good polish
 * Can make a good skin smoother
 * A type of eating disorder

__Other Foods With Baking Soda__
 * Springtime Griddle Cakes
 * Pigs in a Blanket
 * Chocolate Glazed Brownies
 * Trailside Cookies
 * Lemon Poppyseed Pound Cake
 * Bread
 * (basically any baked goods that rise when they are cooked)

Works Cited
 * http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Baking-Soda.html
 * http://health.howstuffworks.com/uses-for-baking-soda-health-and-beauty-ga.htm
 * http://van.physics.uiuc.edu/qa/listing.php?id=462
 * answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006050525503
 * http://eatingdisorders.suite101.com/discussion.cfm/3695
 * [|www.**salt**institute.org/15.html]
 * encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_ 761565838/**Limestone**_(mineral).html
 * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Ammonia**
 * http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?id=32996
 * http://www.gomestic.com/Homemaking/15-Uses-for-Baking-Soda.32410