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Does baking soda dissolve in water or vegetable oil? Is it ionic or nonpolar covalent by its formula?

April 26, 2017Baking Chemistry dissolve Ionic Mathematics Oil soda vegetable water

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Does baking soda dissolve in water or vegetable oil? Is it ionic or nonpolar covalent by its formula?

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Baking soda should dissolve in water but not in vegetable oil. Water is polar and oil is nonpolar. Baking soda is ionic, and it would need a polar solvent like water to help stabilize its positive and negative ions.