How to Make Sodium Acetate From Household Ingredients

Step 5 Drying

Scrape up the gel and any stray crystals and transfer this to a small bowl lined with a coffee filter. The filter will absorb some of the remaining water.

It helps the drying process if you break up the gel into smaller pieces.

Comments

[magnadox]

 well either way i decided i would eat it so im glad it did'nt kill me :]

[poldz123]

is that a baking soda that the liquid gel putted in the coffee filter

[Dudeyowuzup]

nope, that's the sodium acetate crystals. The baking soda should only be used the first step, to dissolve into the vinegar. Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda) plus Acetic Acid in water (vinegar) = sodium acetate in water + Carbon dioxide
when you boil off the water, you end up with the sodium acetate crystals you see here. The gel just doesn't have all the water out of it yet.

[sibi5161]

Hey, You said that the gel is Sodium Acetate. Then what is that white powder in the bowl??

[Dudeyowuzup]

same stuff, but dry. (the gel part is just gel because it still has some water in it. if it dried and you crushed it, it would look like the white powder)

[jtbuilder]

 I have the gel formed, but the powder hasn't been formed.  Can you help?

[briannac1]

just let it sit for a while..

[superbot]

i dont have coffee filter then what can i use??

[elias.alberto]

Can I spread this powder over thin layers of potato and dry them in the microwave, thus getting non-fried potato chips (somewhat like pringles)?

[charliebrown123456]

if you create a saturated solution of sodium acetate (by heating it and dissolving as much as possible into water) and let it cool slowly then add a seed crystal (just a small amount of solid sodium acetate) then it will grow into this completely awesome crystal right in front of your eyes - doesn't take long but looks really cool.

[magnadox]

can i eat this?

[charliebrown123456]

you can eat this it is quite safe. Basically its just salt and vinegar flavouring like they put on chips. If when you make it you don't use anything unhygienic than you will be fine. Sodium acetate is just a fun way of saying salt and vinegar flavouring. This isn't remotely hazardous to your health.

[priscilla_neko-chan13]

i'm gonna say no, although it's just baking soda and vinegar. it seems to me that the chemical reactions involved would mess it up in some way or another. if you do try to eat it, though, tell me what happens. :3

[moecool101]

do u put the "solution" into the filter or the cup?

[chase42]

IM GOING TO TRY IT WISH ME THE BEST OF LUCK!!!!!! :)