Definition of carbonate
: a salt or ester of carbonic acid
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Still another is planning to transform CO2 into solid carbonates that can be used as building materials.
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This in turn depresses the concentration of carbonate ions in the water.
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Uranium-thorium dating of carbonate minerals is often a better option.
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Prosecco, on the other hand, carbonates in stainless steel vats, a less time and money-intensive process.
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Last year, researchers with CarbFix published a study that documented how carbon dioxide injected into the ground turned into carbonate minerals in less than two years.
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What’s more, the process of breaking down olivine produces carbonate minerals, which are also present in the Isidis area.
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But in Iceland, volcanic rocks known as basalt are found all across the island, and carbon dioxide reacts relatively quickly with this type of rock to create carbonate rocks.
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Albemarle is planning to expand its lithium carbonate equivalent capacity to 165,000 tonnes by 2021 from 89,000 tonnes this year, a spokesperson said.
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First Known Use of carbonate
1788
Definition of carbonate
carbonated;
carbonating
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: to convert into a carbonate
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: to combine or infuse with carbon dioxide
- carbonated beverages
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The Duna crew also cranks up the pressure on their keg system to carbonate this soda hard, which brings the persistent low hum of carbonic acid to the party.
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Yogurt beverages such as Persian Doogh, Turkish Ayran, and Armenian Tan have been around for centuries and today are often carbonated.
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The vast majority of wines are still, not carbonated, and dry, not sweet.
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The Paradise Falls Clubhouse, a white wine spritzer with Bolivian brandy, is garnished with grapes carbonated using dry ice.
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In 2016, bottled water sales by volume surpassed carbonated soda for the first time, according to Beverage Marketing Corporation’s DrinkTell database.
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Sales of Pepsi’s carbonated soda brands have declined while business has boomed for bottled and sparkling water.
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Sparkling wines are not sweetened and carbonated the way today’s sodas are.
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City Controller Alan Butkovitz is ba-ack, and his second report on Philadelphia’s oppressive tax levied on about 4,000 beverages — sugary, diet, carbonated, flavored, etc.
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First Known Use of carbonate
1805
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Definition of carbonate for Students
carbonated;
carbonating
: to fill with carbon dioxide which escapes in the form of bubbles
- a carbonated soft drink
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