Alejandro L. answered 02/24/17
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Reno, please don't answer organic chemistry questions if you don't know the subject matter.
Mixing acetic acid with sodium bicarbonate doesn't yield "gaseous water." Also, you didn't actually answer the question and decided instead to list the first thing you found in Wikipedia about a dangerous reaction that has nothing to do with the fact that acetic acid and HCl react the same way because they are both stronger acids than the conjugate acid of bicarbonate.

Alejandro L.
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2 CH3CO2H + Na2CO3 --> 2 NaO2CCH3 + CO2 + H2O
2 HCl + Na2CO3 --> 2 NaCl + CO2 + H2O
both reactions generate CO2(g) and H2O(l) along with a salt, which implies that acetic acid and hydrochloric acid are more acidic than the conjugate acids of carbonate (HCO3- and H2CO3).
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