ammonium bicarbonate

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NH 4 HCO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of baking powder.

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Example Sentences

The antis make much of the fact that AB-57 -- a dilute solution of ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, a fungicide and gelling agent in water -- has been used for cleaning stone.

From Time Magazine Archive

The original patents on the use of ammonium bicarbonate have, we understand, long since expired.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 by Various