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naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Yes, except don’t do this.

The reaction is

NaHCO~3~ + CH~3~COOH -> Na^+^ + CH3COO^-^ + + H~2~O + CO~2~

If you know how to read those. Sure the CO2 is the same if you let the vessel pressurise but that sodium ion and ethanoate isn’t! Sodium salts taste well very salty. It’ll ruin the lemonade

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naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
oh sorry brain fart, replace ethanoic acid with critic, same difference really it’ll still be salty. I thought you meant adding vinegar and bicard like highschool science to make co2.

If you want though you can generate the co2 that way separately and pump the gas into the lemonade. That’ll not ruin the flavour

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Gamers_Mate@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Good point Salty lemonade does not sound very nice.

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- naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah I tried this once as a kid haha. You neutralise a bunch of the acid so it isn’t crisp and sharp, instead it tastes like mildly lemon salt.
  
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