How Do You Inflate A Balloon Using Vinegar & Baking Soda?
When baking soda (a base) and vinegar (which contains acetic acid) combine, they give off carbon dioxide. You can use this process to blow up a a balloon, if you’re able to create a seal between the container where you mix the vinegar and baking soda and the balloon itself. This is a good science experiment for youngsters in grade school and young-at-heart adults alike. Put a funnel in the 16-oz. soda bottle. Pour 4 oz. of white vinegar through the funnel into the bottle, then put the funnel aside. Stretch the mouth of the balloon over the other funnel. Pour 2 tsp. of baking soda into the balloon through the funnel, then remove the funnel and set it aside as well. Stretch the mouth of the balloon over the mouth of the bottle, holding the baking-soda-filled portion of the balloon off to the side so that the soda doesn’t pour into the bottle yet. Upend the balloon over the bottle once it’s securely fastened in place. Shake the balloon, if necessary, so that all the baking soda falls out
