(i) Give the constituents of baking powder (ii) Why cake or bread swells on adding baking powder? Write chemical equation.

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(i) Give the constituents of baking powder

(ii) Why cake or bread swells on adding baking powder? Write chemical equation.

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(i) Baking powder containing sodium hydrogen carbonate and tartaric acid.

(ii) It is due to carbon dioxide

2NaHCO₃(s) + heat → Na₃CO₃(s) + CO₃(g) H₃O(l)

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