potassium bicarbonate

[ puh-tas-ee-uhm bahy-kahr-buh-nit, -neyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chemistry, Pharmacology.

a white, crystalline, slightly alkaline, salty-tasting, water-soluble powder, KHCO 3 , produced by the passage of carbon dioxide through an aqueous potassium carbonate solution: used in baking as a leavening agent and in medicine as an antacid.

First recorded in 1870–75

Alkalies—sodium salicylate, potassium bicarbonate, liquor potassæ, and lithium carbonate.

Letzerich recommended the insufflation of quinia twice daily, using the quinia muriate with potassium bicarbonate and gum-arabic.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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