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(i) Give the constituents of baking powder. (ii) Why cake or bread swells on adding baking powder. Write chemical equation.

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Solution :(i) BAKING powder contains SODIUM hydrogen carbonate and tartaric ACID.
(ii) It is due to carbondioxide
`2NaHCO_(3)(s)overset("HEAT")toNa_(2)CO_(3)(s)+CO_(2)(g)=H_(2)O(L)`


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