bicarbonate

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bicarbonate

  • /baɪˈkɑɹ.bə.neɪt/ US
  • /baɪˈkɑɹ.bə.nət/ US
  • /baɪˈkɑː.bə.nət/ UK

noun bicarbonates · bi-carbonate

  1. the univalent anion HCO₃⁻; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced. 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

    Similar: bicarb

  2. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of sodium bicarbonate, especially that used as a mild antacid. 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.

    Similar: bicarb

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noun chemistry

Españolbicarbonato
中文碳酸氢根 tàn suān qīng gēn, 碳酸氢盐 tàn suān qīng yán
Portuguêsbicarbonato
Françaisbicarbonate
DeutschBicarbonat
Italianobicarbonato

noun of soda

Españolbicarbonato
Portuguêsbicarbonato
Françaisbicarbonate
Italianobicarbonato di sodio, bicarbonato

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@misc{bicarbonate_2026,
  title = {bicarbonate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bicarbonate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}