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A salt reacts with ethanoic acid with a lot of effervescence and liberation of a colourless gas which turns lime water milky. This salt could be

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a

Sodium hydroxide

b

Sodium hydrogencarbonate

c

Sodium ethanoate

d

Sodium chloride

answer is C.

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The salt is sodium hydrogencarbonate.  NaHCO3 reacts with acetic acid to form sodium acetate along with effervescence of  CO2 gas and  CO2  gas on passing through lime water turns milky.

CH3COOH(aq)+NaHCO3(s)CH3COONa(aq)+H2O(l)+CO2(g)

Ca(OH)2(aq)+CO2(g)CaCO3(s)Milky white ppt+H2O(l)

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