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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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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:

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As long as the powder is dry, no reaction occurs; immediately after the addition of water, the acid reacts with the hydrogen carbonate ions to form carbon dioxide:

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Although they are insoluble in pure water, alkaline earth carbonates dissolve readily in water containing carbon dioxide because hydrogen carbonate salts form.

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

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After the sodium hydrogen carbonate has been precipitated the mother liquors containing ammonium chloride are treated with lime: 2NH4Cl + CaO = CaCl2 + 2 NH3 + H2O.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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