Bicarbonate

Quick meaning: Bicarbonate is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) the univalent anion HCO₃⁻; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• bicarbonates
• bi-carbonate

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soda, bromo, ash, baking, bicarb, hydrogencarbonate.

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