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    The document provides instructions for making an erupting volcano model using common household items like vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, warm water, and a plastic bottle. When vinegar (an acid) and bicarbonate of soda (a base) are mixed, a neutralization reaction occurs that produces carbon dioxide gas, building pressure inside the bottle until it erupts like a volcano, mimicking the chemical reactions that cause real volcanic eruptions. The document encourages experimenting with other common acids to fuel the eruption.

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    The document provides instructions for making an erupting volcano model using common household items like vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, warm water, and a plastic bottle. When vinegar (an acid) and bicarbonate of soda (a base) are mixed, a neutralization reaction occurs that produces carbon dioxide gas, building pressure inside the bottle until it erupts like a volcano, mimicking the chemical reactions that cause real volcanic eruptions. The document encourages experimenting with other common acids to fuel the eruption.

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    The document provides instructions for making an erupting volcano model using common household items like vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, warm water, and a plastic bottle. When vinegar (an acid) and bicarbonate of soda (a base) are mixed, a neutralization reaction occurs that produces carbon dioxide gas, building pressure inside the bottle until it erupts like a volcano, mimicking the chemical reactions that cause real volcanic eruptions. The document encourages experimenting with other common acids to fuel the eruption.

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    Learn Chemistry

    Erupting Volcano
    Come make your own erupting volcano!

    Add some vinegar and watch


    the results…

    What’s going on?


    Inside our ‘volcanoes’ is a mixture of vinegar,
    bicarbonate of soda and warm water.

    The bicarbonate of soda is a base and reacts with the


    vinegar which is an acid. Addition of a base to an acid
    is called a neutralisation reaction – this gives out a
    lot of energy.

    Just like in real volcanoes!


    This chemical reaction between the baking soda and
    vinegar produces carbon dioxide (CO2) gas, which is
    also in real volcanoes.

    As more CO2 is produced, pressure builds up


    inside the plastic bottle until they can no longer be
    contained and (thanks to the washing up liquid) erupt
    like a ‘volcano’.

    Can you think of any other acids that you


    would find at home that could make the
    volcano erupt?

    www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry
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