When baking soda and vinegar combine to form sodium acetate and carbon dioxide, energy is absorbed from the surroundings and the solution gets colder What type of reaction is this?

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anor277
Jul 9, 2016

#NaHCO_3(aq) + H_3C-CO_2H +Delta rarr Na^+""^(-)O_2C-CH_3+CO_2(g)uarr+H_2O#

Explanation:

This is clearly an endothermic reaction, as it absorbs heat from the surroundings. Energy is expended to break the strongish #O-H# bond of acetic acid. .

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