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Did you know that the Alka-Seltzer fizz tablets cause the bubbles. Without them, your project will never work. How do fizz tablets work you ask? Well, the fizzing you see when you drop the tablet in the water is the same fizzing as baking powder. Baking powder reaction is caused by an acid reacting with baking soda or sodium bicarbonate. When you mix baking soda and vinegar it foams. That's what's happening in baking powder
If you look at the ingredients for Alka-Seltzer, you will find that it contains citric acid and sodium bicarbonate or baking soda. When you drop the tablet in the water, the acid and the baking soda react. This produces the fizz. You can think of Alka-Seltzer as compressed baking powder with a little aspirin mixed in.
Did you know that the Alka-Seltzer fizz tablets cause the bubbles. Without them, your project will never work. How do fizz tablets work you ask? Well, the fizzing you see when you drop the tablet in the water is the same fizzing as baking powder. Baking powder reaction is caused by an acid reacting with baking soda or sodium bicarbonate. When you mix baking soda and vinegar it foams. That's what's happening in baking powder
If you look at the ingredients for Alka-Seltzer, you will find that it contains citric acid and sodium bicarbonate or baking soda. When you drop the tablet in the water, the acid and the baking soda react. This produces the fizz. You can think of Alka-Seltzer as compressed baking powder with a little aspirin mixed in.