bicarbonite and vinagur

[Thunderchild]

so I heard on the television tonight (in italy) in a quiz game one of the prizes was a reaction misile (a toy recomended for children of age 14 and over) that "ran" on vinegar and sodium bicarbonate two things easily found in the kitchen.
now I know that vinegar - acid and bicarbonate - alkali will combine to make a salt and perhaps free a lot of energy ?
could anybody tell me how this thing was supposed to work ?

[Zevon]

The two fizz and produce lots of effervescence (gas) which could be stored and then releasedin one big go to power a rocket I suppose. But basically the two fizz and produce gas as well as stainign any surface the reaction occurs on.

[Tim123]

nahco3 + ch3cooh = nach3coo + h2o +co2

[Thunderchild]

hm so if they were mixed in a piston cylinder system and ay a certain pressure the piston might "burst" out

[Buenchico]

Try it yourself:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/experimentals/ex periments/episode16_2.htm

Chris

[Thunderchild]

that was interesting thanks and you know I use a coule of films a week haha plenty of film canasters