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hydrogen carbonate

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noun

  1. another name for bicarbonate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When exposed to air, the potassium hydroxide inside the beads reacts with CO2, producing hydrogen carbonate, a salt of carbonic acid.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

The carbon dioxide was then dissolved in water, reacting to produce hydrogen carbonate, a weak acid that subsequently ionized to yield bicarbonate and hydrogen ions:

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Write Lewis structures for the hydrogen carbonate ion and hydrogen peroxide molecule, with resonance forms where appropriate.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

What volume of 0.600 M HCl is required to react completely with 2.50 g of sodium hydrogen carbonate?

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The ammonia and carbon dioxide evolved in the latter two reactions are used in the preparation of an additional quantity of ammonium hydrogen carbonate.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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