Can vineager and baking soda mix?

When vinegar (an acid) and baking soda (a base) are mixed, a chemical reaction occurs. The products of this reaction are water, carbon dioxide gas, and sodium acetate. The carbon dioxide gas produces the bubbles that you see when you mix vinegar and baking soda together.

The chemical reaction that occurs when vinegar and baking soda are mixed is as follows:

NaHCO3 (baking soda) + CH3COOH (vinegar) → H2O (water) + CO2 (carbon dioxide gas) + CH3COONa (sodium acetate)

This reaction is a classic example of an acid-base reaction. In an acid-base reaction, an acid donates a proton (H+) to a base. In this case, the vinegar donates a proton to the baking soda. The proton from the vinegar is transferred to the bicarbonate ion (HCO3-) of the baking soda, forming water (H2O) and carbonic acid (H2CO3). The carbonic acid then decomposes into water and carbon dioxide gas.

The sodium acetate that is formed in the reaction is a salt. Salts are compounds that contain positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions). In this case, the sodium acetate is composed of positively charged sodium ions (Na+) and negatively charged acetate ions (CH3COO-).