Baking Soda or Sodium Bi-Carbonate

[pattygandmob]

Some recipies call for baking soda & some say bi-carb ! Are they the same & can they be inter-changed ? If not, what is the difference ?

[incitatus]

baking soda, bicarb, sodium bicarbonate and sodium hydrogencarbonate are all different names for the same compound. Interchange at will.

[artisan]

Sodium Bicarbonate is the molecular name for Baking Soda.