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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: 9acca9 on March 20, 2020, 01:06:41 PM
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Excuse the ignorance.
I am trying to make sodium ascorbate.
I saw that they do it by mixing ascorbic acid and baking soda. On the wiki I found that they were equal parts. But the ones I saw make a mixture of one teaspoon and half a teaspoon of baking soda.
I have a precision balance, if I weigh equal parts, is it done?
Sorry for the ignorance, but I don't know anything about it, I'm just trying to make "sodium ascorbate" to take in the moment.
Thank you.
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Depends on how you define "parts" :D
AScorbic acid has a molecular weight of 176 g/mol
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) has a molecular weight of 84 g/mol
So the ratio (by mass) of ascorbic acid to sodium bicarbonate is 176 to 84; could be 1.76 g to 0.84 g, or 17.6 g to 8.4 g, or 1.76 lbs to 0.84 lbs.
Volume as to take into account the density: 1.7 g/mL for ascorbic acid and 2.2 g/mL for sodium bicarbonate.