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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

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

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

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:

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

This acid condition is due to two salts, sodium hydrogen carbonate and sodium hydrogen phosphate; these cause the symptoms observed and infiltration of fat in organs, leading to feebleness of heart action.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

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