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bicarbonates

bicarbonates is the plural of bicarbonate.

Meaning of bicarbonate

Noun

bicarbonate (plural bicarbonates)

  1. the univalent anion HCO₃⁻; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced.
    • The next question that occurs relates to the composition of this crystallized carbonate of potash, which I am induced to call bi-carbonate of potash, for the purpose of marking more decidedly the distinction between this salt and that which is commonly called a subcarbonate, and in order to refer...1814, William Hyde Wollaston, “A synoptic scale of chemical equivalents”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 104, page 11
    Synonyms:
    bicarb

Phrases with bicarbonates

Questions about bicarbonates

What is bicarbonates the plural of?
Bicarbonates is the plural of bicarbonate.

Words near bicarbonates in the dictionary

  1. bicarb
  2. bicarb soda
  3. bicarbonate
  4. bicarbonate of soda
  5. bicarbonatemia
  6. bicarbonates
  7. bicarbonaturia
  8. bicarbs
  9. bicarbureted
  10. bicarbureted hydrogen
  11. bicarburetted

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