[email protected] wrote: > I was reading the posts on making your own Sodium Ascorbate and it says to > use baking soda. I believe it was Mashall who said it was sodium hydroxide > that is mixed with the acid (vitamin C). > > I make my own soap and I use sodium hydroxide (Lye) in that process - very > very carefully. It is definitely not baking soda. > > So, my question is this - which is it? I would think the end product > would be different depending on which one you use and I don't want to > drink the wrong thing.
You can use either: Ascorbic acid = C6H8O6 sodium ascrobate = NaC6H7O6 C6H8O6 + NaOH -> NaC6H7O6 + H2O C6H8O6 + NaHCO3 -> NaC6H7O6 + CO2 + H2O The bicarbonate is safer, and produces carbon dioxide and water as by products. The lye is of course very caustic, but produces nothing but water as a byproduct. Marshall > > > Thanks, > Christine Mc. > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
