Sodium Bicarbonate, Powder, 

Technical Grade

CAS: 144-55-8

TECHNICAL GRADE: This is a chemical grade of reasonable purity (usually >95% but may be as high as 99% pure) where official standards  for quality or impurity levels have not been promulgated. For GENERAL LABORATORY AND MANUFACTURING USE.

Applications

 Cooking

Main article: leavening agent

Sodium bicarbonate is primarily used in cooking (baking) where it reacts with other components to release carbon dioxide, that helps dough "rise." The acidic compounds that induce this reaction include phosphates, cream of tartar, lemon juice, yogurt, buttermilk, cocoa, vinegar, etc., hence sodium bicarbonate can be substituted for baking powder provided sufficient acid reagent is also added to the recipe.^[3] Many forms of baking powder contain sodium bicarbonate combined with one or more acidic phosphates or cream of tartar.

 Neutralization of acids and bases

Many laboratories keep a bottle of sodium bicarbonate powder within easy reach, because sodium bicarbonate is amphoteric, reacting with acids and bases. (See Chemistry) Furthermore, as it is relatively innocuous in most situations there is no harm in using excess sodium bicarbonate. Lastly, sodium bicarbonate powder may be used to smother a small fire.

A wide variety of applications follow from its neutralization properties including ameliorating the effects of white phosphorus in incendiary bullets, from spreading inside an afflicted soldier's wounds.^[4] Sodium bicarbonate can be added as a simple solution for raising the pH balance of water that has a high level of chlorine, such as in swimming pools and aquariums.^[5]

Miscellaneous uses

Baking soda has many other miscellaneous uses:

 Medical uses

Sodium bicarbonate is used as an antacid to treat acid indigestion and heartburn^[6] An aqueous solution is administered intravenously for cases of acidosis, or when there is insufficient sodium or bicarbonate ions in the blood.^[7] 

Adverse reactions to emergency administration include congestive heart failure, with edema secondary to sodium overload, and the metabolic complication of hyperosmolarity, metabolic acidosis, and hypernatremia.

As a cleaning agent

• A paste from baking soda can be very effective when used in cleaning and scrubbing.
• For cleaning of aluminium objects it is to be discouraged as it attacks the thin unreactive protective oxide layer of this otherwise very reactive metal.
• A solution in warm water will remove the tarnish from silver when the silver is in contact with a piece of aluminium foil[1].

 Miscellanea

• Sodium bicarbonate is used in BC Dry Chemical fire extinguishers as an alternative to the corrosive ammonium phosphate in ABC extinguishers. The alkali nature of sodium bicarbonate makes it the only dry powder agent, besides Purple-K, allowed for use on commercial deep fat fryers. The agent forms a crust over the surface similar to the effects of a wet chemical.^{[citation needed]}
• It is used in a process for cleaning paint called sodablasting.
• It can be used as a carbon sequestration agent, as demonstrated by the Skymine process, to trap carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions in solid form, as one potential tool against global warming.^[8]

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Sodium Bicarbonate, Powder, Reagent ACS

ASSAY:99.7+%

This product meets or exceeds the Specifications prepared by the Committee on Analytical Reagents of the American Chemical Society (ACS). It is suitable for use in PRECISE LABORATORY ANALYTICAL WORK OF A GENERAL NATURE.

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Sodium Bicarbonate, Powder, USP Grade

This product is subject to regulations issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  It  meets or exceeds the requirements specified by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and/or National Formulary (NF), and is suitable for  use in PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSING AND PRESCRIPTION COMPOUNDING.