Re: carbonic acid

On Mar 13, 10:01 pm, Allan Adler <a...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm reading Maxwell's Theory of Heat and enjoying it quite a bit. I just
read his description of experiments on liquid-gas transitions of carbonic
acid. I guess I'm confused by one thing: I think of carbonic acid as
selzter and basically unstable.

In a bottle of soda, the water is saturated with carbon dioxide gas. A
portion of this gas hydrolyzes to carbonic acid. This reaction is
slow, and the equililibrium is generally in favor of the CO2 form.
Since I don't fully understand your question, does this answer it?

DB


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