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Baking soda (NaHCO3).

When it reacts with water (H2O) it produce CO2 gas and Na2CO3 (sodium carbonate or washing soda). CO2 gas thus produced make the food stuff soft and spongy as happened in bread and other bakery products hence name given Baking soda.

Another thing is baking powder which is a mixture of baking soda and tartaric acid.

Use of tartaric acid is to neutralize the basic sodium carbonate or washing soda produced when baking soda reacts with water and thus sour taste of sodium carbonate is masked.

The other name is sodium biacarbonate.

Sodium bicarbonate NAHCO3 is called baking soda.

Yes. This is correct sodium bicarbonate is NAHCO3.

Why it's made?

Sodium bicarbonate the formula is NaHCO3.

The correct answer is NaHCO3 used for cooking purposes and as a raising agent in cake making.

It is called baking soda because it is used for cooking purpose or eatable.

Question is sodium so answer will be the sodium simple.

Its common name is baking soda.