Question

What is the chemical name of baking soda?

Answer 1

`"Sodium hydrogencarbonate"`

Explanation:

Most of the time we would refer to `NaHCO_3` as `"sodium bicarbonate"`, and `HCO_3^-` as the `"bicarbonate ion"`.

Baking soda does contain other ingredients to help your cake to rise. We call it `"baking powder"` in Old Blighty.