bicarbonate
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See also: Bicarbonate and bicarbonaté
English
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Etymology
Noun
bicarbonate (plural bicarbonates)
- (organic chemistry) the univalent anion HCO3-; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced.
- 1814, William Hyde Wollaston, “A synoptic scale of chemical equivalents”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 104, page 11:
- 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.
- sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda
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Translations
chemistry
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of soda
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.kaʁ.bɔ.nat/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio: (file) - Homophones: bicarbonatent, bicarbonates
Noun
bicarbonate m (plural bicarbonates)
Derived terms
Verb
bicarbonate
- inflection of bicarbonater:
Further reading
- “bicarbonate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
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Noun
bicarbonate m (plural bicarbonates)