ammonium bicarbonate

noun

: a white crystalline salt NH4HCO3 made by passing carbon dioxide through an aqueous ammonia solution and used chiefly in baking powders and in fire-extinguishing compositions

called also ammonium acid carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ammonium bicarbonate was in 1869

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“Ammonium bicarbonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ammonium%20bicarbonate. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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