bicarbonate
IPA: baɪkˈɑrbʌnʌt
noun
- (chemistry) the univalent anion HCO₃⁻; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced.
- sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda
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Examples of "bicarbonate" in Sentences
- Potassium and bicarbonate qualify.
- Hydration with or without bicarbonate.
- Bicarbonates in the saliva raise the pH inside the mouth.
- This chemical is also commonly called bicarbonate of soda.
- Lactate or acetate is added as a source of bicarbonate ions.
- In the kidney, it participates in the secretion of bicarbonate.
- Cavistat contains arginine bicarbonate and calcium bicarbonate.
- Calcium bicarbonate occurs in the groundwater throughout the basin.
- Of all the bicarbonate of soda waters of Europe, these are the hottest.
- Baking soda, formally known as Sodium Bicarbonate, is a leavening agent.
- The secretion of sodium bicarbonate from the pancreas is stimulated by secretin.
- Andrew Barnett (1978) says that sodium bicarbonate, which is commonly called baking soda, is a better buffer than lime.
- Sodium bicarbonate, sometimes called bicarbonate of soda or sodium hydrogen carbonate, is a weak alkali used in pad-batch dyeing (see Glossary) with reactive dyes.
- This salt, commonly called bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is made by the Solvay process, as explained above, or by passing carbon dioxide into strong solutions of sodium carbonate:
- "When you're at altitude, you spill a lot of bicarbonate, which is a buffer for lactic acid," he said, explaining that bicarbonate helps neutralize the burning effect of lactic acid build-up in your muscles.
- The aqueous vapor condensed from the air dissolves part of the carbonic acid contained therein, and carries it along, when it falls as rain upon the earth, and takes up there enough lime to form the bicarbonate, which is thus carried back to the sea.
- Eight kilometers north of San Miguel, this delightful hotel has, to quote its brochure, "Magic water" - "45 degrees Celsius, crystalline, odorless and potable, rich in bicarbonate of soda, astringent and toning for the skin and relaxing for the nervous system."
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