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noun Chemistry.
a water-soluble mixture of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate, occurring either as a white powder or in colorless, hard, crystalline masses: used chiefly in the manufacture of smelling salts and baking powder.
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Origin of ammonium carbonate

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby ammonium carbonate

ammonium acetate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium bifluoride, ammonium binoxalate, ammonium carbamate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium chloride, ammonium cyanate, ammonium hydroxide, ammonium ion, ammonium lactate
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hartshorn, salts, sal volatile, spirits

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British Dictionary definitions for ammonium carbonate

ammonium carbonate
noun
an unstable pungent soluble white powder that is a double salt of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate: used in the manufacture of baking powder, smelling salts, and ammonium compounds. Formula: (NH 4)HCO 3 .(NH 4)CO 2 NH 2
an unstable substance that is produced by treating this compound with ammonia. Formula: (NH 4) 2 CO 3
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