sesquicarbonate

[ ses-kwi-kahr-buh-neyt, -nit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chemistry.

a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.

sesquicarbonate

/ -nɪt; ˌsɛskwɪˈkɑːbəˌneɪt /

a mixed salt consisting of a carbonate and a hydrogen carbonate, such as sodium sesquicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 .NaHCO 3 .2H 2 O

First recorded in 1815–25; sesqui- + carbonate

Sesquicarbonate of soda is made of three parts or atoms of the carbonic acid, and two of the soda.

The sesquicarbonate may be artificially prepared by boiling for a short time a solution of the bicarbonate.

Probably both the inside—sesquicarbonate—and the outside—bicarbonate—are useful, and the best plan is to make a ten per cent.

The mineral soda is the sesquicarbonate, to be afterwards described.

The bicarbonate of soda must be pure, and perfectly free from any neutral carbonate or sesquicarbonate of soda.

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