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[sciencewhizard]

[ Insert a bunch of equation balancing up here - scratched out attempts and so on. ]

10NaHCO₃ + 15C₂H₄O₂ = 2H₂O + 20CO₂ + 10C₂H₃NaO₂

[ Have some scribbles of Wally adding up molar masses of individual elements into the compounds. ]

1M NaHCO₃ = 84 g
1M C₂H₄O₂ = 60 g
1M H₂O = 18 g
1M CO₂ = 44 g
1M C₂H₃NaO₂ = 82 g

840 g Baking Soda + 900 g Acetic Acid = 36 g Water + 880 g Carbon Dioxide + 820 g Sodium Acetate

If distilled vinegar is 5-8% acetic acid, that means you need 11250-18000 g of distilled vinegar for a complete reaction.

1 kg baking soda needs 13.39-21.43 kg of distilled vinegar.

Now where do I get that?

[ Someone should really question Wally's goals here. ]

Comments

[sciencewhizard]

Yep! Well... I don't know about here, but where I'm from an ounce of gold'd probably get you 1,000 times what you'd need for the equation I wrote down, so not at all.

[under_the_wire]

You shall have to let us know if you succeed in making this! I'd like to know if I can make it back home. Does it transport well? How do you store it?

[While he's busy badmouthing his king to Eponine, he might as well do something constructive as well.]

[sciencewhizard]

Will do! Not gonna pass up the chance to make these babies. Totally the best chips ever.

Oh, and you store it like salt, pretty much. After you boil off the water.

[under_the_wire]

Perfect. Thank you very much. Hopefully your experiment will succeed!