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Is there a difference between sodium citrate and baking soda?
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Yes: Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate rather than citrate.
Answered 10/2/2011
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Yes: Yes, these are different chemical compounds. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. This is different than sodium citrate.
Answered 6/24/2018
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