Bicarbonate

Definitions

1. the univalent anion HCO₃⁻; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced.
2. Sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda.

Equivalents

Examples

“The next question⟳ that occurs relates to the composition of this crystallized carbonate of potash, which I am induced to call⟳ bi-carbonate of potash, for the purpose of marking more decidedly the distinction between this salt and that which is commonly called a subcarbonate, and in order⟳ to refer⟳ at once to the double⟳ dose of carbonic acid contained in it.”

“Fans will pump air through the alkaline stream, which causes carbon dioxide to form⟳ solid calcium carbonate, the material from which seashells are formed, which will look⟳ like⟳ a fine sand, as well as dissolved bicarbonate.”

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