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[[File:502px-Crack Ingredients.JPG|thumb|200px|right|In order for cocaine (in plastic bag at bottom) to be converted to crack, several supplies are needed. Pictured here are baking soda (a commonly used base in making crack) a metal spoon, a tea light, and a cigarette lighter. The spoon is held over the heat source in order to "cook" the cocaine into crack.]] | |||
[[Sodium bicarbonate]] (NaHCO<sub>3</sub>, common baking soda) is a base used in the preparation of crack, although other [[weak base]]s may substitute for it.<ref name="Treadwell2007">{{cite journal |last1=Treadwell |first1=SD |last2=Robinson |first2=TG |title=Cocaine use and stroke |journal=Postgraduate Medical Journal |date=June 2007 |volume=83 |issue=980 |pages=389–94 |pmid=17551070|pmc=2600058|type=Review |doi=10.1136/pgmj.2006.055970}}</ref><ref name="NYCCocaineAbuse">{{cite web |title=Cocaine Abuse & Addiction |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/cocaine-abuse-and-addiction.page |website=www1.nyc.gov |publisher=City of New York}}</ref> The net reaction when using sodium bicarbonate is | [[Sodium bicarbonate]] (NaHCO<sub>3</sub>, common baking soda) is a base used in the preparation of crack, although other [[weak base]]s may substitute for it.<ref name="Treadwell2007">{{cite journal |last1=Treadwell |first1=SD |last2=Robinson |first2=TG |title=Cocaine use and stroke |journal=Postgraduate Medical Journal |date=June 2007 |volume=83 |issue=980 |pages=389–94 |pmid=17551070|pmc=2600058|type=Review |doi=10.1136/pgmj.2006.055970}}</ref><ref name="NYCCocaineAbuse">{{cite web |title=Cocaine Abuse & Addiction |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/cocaine-abuse-and-addiction.page |website=www1.nyc.gov |publisher=City of New York}}</ref> The net reaction when using sodium bicarbonate is | ||
:Coc-H<sup>+</sup>Cl<sup>−</sup> + NaHCO<sub>3</sub> → Coc + H<sub>2</sub>O + CO<sub>2</sub> + NaCl | :Coc-H<sup>+</sup>Cl<sup>−</sup> + NaHCO<sub>3</sub> → Coc + H<sub>2</sub>O + CO<sub>2</sub> + NaCl | ||