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POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potassium hydrogen carbonate mean?
• POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE (noun)
The noun POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE has 1 sense:
1. a crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid
Familiarity information: POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
potassium acid carbonate; potassium bicarbonate; potassium hydrogen carbonate
Hypernyms ("potassium hydrogen carbonate" is a kind of...):
bicarbonate; hydrogen carbonate (a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate)
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