Write the chemical formula of washing soda and baking soda. Which one of these two is an ingredient of antacids? How does it provide relief in stomachache?
Washing soda is nothing but sodium carbonate which is Na2CO3. Baking Soda is sodium bicarbonate which is NaHCO3. Antacids are those bases or alkalis which reduce the acidity of our stomach. From the above, baking soda is used as an antacid.
