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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

Stalactites and stalagmites, like those shown in Figure 18.30, form in caves when drops of water containing dissolved calcium hydrogen carbonate evaporate to leave a deposit of calcium carbonate.

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 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

Much expense is also saved in fuel, and the sodium hydrogen carbonate, which is the first product of the process, has itself many commercial uses.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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