Comments on: 2 Household Degreaser & Cleaner Recipes http://tipnut.com/household-degreaser-cleaner-recipe/ Creative Homemaking Ideas & Household Tips Thu, 24 May 2012 23:10:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Zeehttp://tipnut.com/household-degreaser-cleaner-recipe/#comment-145337 Zee Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:22:54 +0000 http://tipnut.com/household-degreaser-cleaner-recipe/#comment-145337 Baking soda, Vinegar and ammonia, ...an interesting mix. The main ingredient in vinegar that is active in cleaning is acetic acid (CH3COOH), and ammonia dissolved in water is ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH). They will react and produce ammonium acetate (CH3COONH4)(a salt soluble in water). Because vinegar contains maybe 3% of acetic cid, and there is an excess of ammonia, essentially you will kill all of the acetic acid, and you will still have excess of ammonia. So in the end you will have baking soda or sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3, souluble in water, ammonium acetate, and ammonia. Before mixing chemical compounds it is good to check if they react together. Bleach is probably the most dangerous, reacts wit so many things and releases chlorine, and chlorine likes to react with our tissues ( I am afraid for my lungs). Thanks Heather chemist turned cleaner Baking soda, Vinegar and ammonia, …an interesting mix. The main ingredient in vinegar that is active in cleaning is acetic acid (CH3COOH), and ammonia dissolved in water is ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH). They will react and produce ammonium acetate (CH3COONH4)(a salt soluble in water). Because vinegar contains maybe 3% of acetic cid, and there is an excess of ammonia, essentially you will kill all of the acetic acid, and you will still have excess of ammonia. So in the end you will have baking soda or sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3, souluble in water, ammonium acetate, and ammonia.
Before mixing chemical compounds it is good to check if they react together. Bleach is probably the most dangerous, reacts wit so many things and releases chlorine, and chlorine likes to react with our tissues ( I am afraid for my lungs).
Thanks Heather

chemist turned cleaner

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