Chemistry in Kitchen |What is the ROLE of CHEMISTRY in the Kitchen?

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The experiments in Kitchen chemistry sets go beyond the ratio of ingredients, incorporating acid/ base reactions (like baking soda and vinegar), the effects of heat, states of matter, crystal formation, and other principles. One common experiment is making rock candy, which is simply a colored crystal formed from sugar molecules crystallizing out of a supersaturated sugar solution. This effect is achieved by dissolving sugar in warm water until the solution is saturated. (meaning no more sugar can dissolve) As the mixture cools, a single crystal causes a chain reaction that transforms the entire solution into solid crystal.

What chemicals are used in the kitchen?

Here are some chemicals in the kitchen used for cleaning. 

1. Ammonia 

2. Sodium hypo chloride 

3. Chlorine 

4. Carbon 

5. Sulphuric acid 

What is the ROLE of CHEMISTRY in the Kitchen? 

The role of chemistry in the kitchen is highly significant. We can interpret almost all the activities of the kitchen as simply as well as complex chemical reactions. Cooking is the major activity that we perform in the kitchen daily. It involves a lot of chemical processes.

What is the importance of chemistry in cooking?

Any cooking you do involves chemistry. The use of heat, cold, and cutting changes the composition of foods. Even simply slicing an apple sets off a chemical reaction that changes the color of the apple's flesh.

How is food-related to chemistry?

Chemistry in food determines smell, tastes, look, texture, and even quality of food. you can determine these things through chemicals with food additives as well as enzymes, vitamins, and minerals that exist within them.

What type of chemical reaction is baking a cake? 

As you bake a cake, you are producing an endothermic chemical reaction that changes ooey-gooey batter into a fluffy, delicious treat!
A few things can happen when you bake a cake. Some chemical reactions to keep in the mind while doing these tasty experiments are:
1. The heat helps baking powder produce tiny bubbles of gas, which makes the cake light and fluffy.
2. The oil keeps the heat from drying out the cake.

Uses of Chemicals in Kitchen:

Citric acid:

1. It is a weak organic acid with the formula (C6H8O7). It is a natural preservative/conservative which occurs naturally in citrus fruits and is also used to add an acidic or sour taste to foods and drink.
2. Many all-natural household cleaners, such as kitchen sprays, contain a small percentage of citric acid to help clean hard water strains and kitchen messes. The citrusy smell of acid is pleasant, so it works well as both a cleaner and a deodorizer. (C6H8O7)

Water:

1. It is a transparent fluid that forms the world's streams, lakes, ocean, and rain, and the major constituents of the fluids of living things. As a chemical compound, a water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by a covalent bond.
2. The kitchen is a major consumer of water in the home, using around 10% of total household water consumption for cooking, cleaning, washing, or drinking. (H2O)

Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate):


1. It is a white solid that is crystalline but often appears as a fine powder. It has a slightly salty, alkaline taste to resembling that of washing soda (sodium carbonate). It is a component of the mineral natron and is found dissolved in many mineral springs.
2. Baking soda is called by some a 'Miracle Powder' due to its wide variety of uses. It has plenty of applications in the kitchen, from cleaning materials in the kitchen cooking your food. (NaHCO3)

Salt (sodium chloride):
1. It is a mineral substance composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of ionic salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt. Salt is present in vast quantities in the sea where it is the main mineral constituents.
2. From cleaning the house to preserving food, this condiment has a variety of uses that can tackle even the toughest jobs in the kitchen. (NaCl)
  
  
Examples of chemical changes 

1. Burning wood

2  Souring milk

3. Digesting food 

4. Cooking egg

5. Heating sugar to form a caramel

6. Baking a cake

7. Rusting of iron 


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