Assistants earned just more than $57,000 a year on average in all three states. West Virginia had the highest concentration of physical therapy assistants in the nation and paid $45,150 a year on average. Related Reading: Salary for a Physical Therapy Assistant in Sports Medicine.
Baking soda is alkaline, a base, with a pH of around 8.1. Vinegar is acidic, and most commercial distilled white vinegars contain 5 percent acetic acid and has a pH of about 2.4. Neutral is 7.0. There is one instance when I recommend combining baking soda and vinegar, and that is in the drain. Sometimes the bubbling and hissing in the drain when you combine these two is enough to dislodge hair and gummy buildup. (I recommend a cup of baking soda down the drain, followed by a cup of vinegar.)
Reaction of vinegar with bicarbonate of soda. Bicarbonate of soda (or baking soda) is a chemical called sodium bicarbonate. Vinegar contains acetic acid. Last week we tested these two chemicals with red cabbage indicator, and found that a solution of bicarbonate of soda was alkaline, but vinegar was acidic.