Comparison Of Citric Acid And Baking Soda

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People don’t know how hard it is to find the properties of a mysterious mixture. Well, a group of 8th graders decided to find out. They tested possible substances by mixing them together. When they added water, the result was fizzing and bubbling. After a lot of testing and comparing, they thought the mystery mixture was Citric Acid and Baking Soda. They thought it was Citric Acid and Baking Soda because of the physical and chemical properties. The mystery mixture and the combination were both compact and had small orbs. They both had a fine and sandy feel. Their chemical properties also looked a like. They fizzed with small-medium sized bubbles. Their bubbling time was also very close at 3 minutes. They also had a close temperature. The

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