bicarbonate
a salt of carbonic acid, containing the HCO3−1 group; an acid carbonate, as sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3.
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How to use bicarbonate in a sentence
CO2 is drawn in to form bicarbonate ions that then become carbon-storing carbonate minerals after they’re washed away into the ocean.
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Eesaac Oliver was not to serve packets of tea and pennyworths of bicarbonate of soda over a grocer's counter.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsIn forming such combinations, the addition of a small amount of bicarbonate of soda helps to blend the foods.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesThen add enough of the bicarbonate of soda solution till it turns the litmus paper back to blue.
Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 | Various
The bicarbonate of potass can be obtained from the druggist put up in powders of seven and a half grains, each ready for use.
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British Dictionary definitions for bicarbonate
/ (baɪˈkɑːbənɪt, -ˌneɪt) /
a salt of carbonic acid containing the ion HCO 3 –; an acid carbonate
(modifier) consisting of, containing, or concerned with the ion HCO 3 –: a bicarbonate compound Systematic name: hydrogen carbonate
short for bicarbonate of soda
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Scientific definitions for bicarbonate
[ bī-kär′bə-nāt′ ]
The group HCO3 or a compound containing it, such as sodium bicarbonate. When heated, bicarbonates give off carbon dioxide.
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