Manufacturing Sodium Acetate

Sodium acetate, apart from being a food additive and a base used to neutralize sulfuric acid, can be used to create something known as “hot ice”. A super-saturated solution created by boiling water and adding sodium acetate until no more dissolves. The solution is cooled in a fridge. When it is cool, a small starter crystal of sodium acetate is placed on a finger and touched with the solution. Rapid crystallization will occur as will the creation of heat.

All you will need is:

1 Measuring cup

2 volume oz (not weight) of baking soda

5 1/2 cups of 5% vinegar

A container (like a clean milk jug or water jug) to mix the chemicals in

Steps:

1.) Measure the baking soda and pour into the jug

2.) Mesaure the vinegar and slowly add it to the jug, else it will spray stuff everywhere

3.) When the reaction has stopped, pour into a pan or something of the like and put on heat to drive off the water

When the water is gone, you should have sodium acetate.

Tips:

1.) Use distilled vinegar. Do not use the fancy organic stuff. All you care about is the acetic acid so buy the cheap stuff.

2.) If you have a different concentration of vinegar, use this formula to figure out how much you will need:

(5% Solution (or .05)) x (5.5 Cups) = (Your concentration) x (Your volume to use)
The math works out as a proportion.

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