Carbonate
['kɑːbəneɪt] or ['kɑrbənət]
Definition
(noun.) a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3).
(verb.) treat with carbon dioxide; 'Carbonated soft drinks'.
(verb.) turn into a carbonate.
Typed by Alice--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.
Typed by Laverne
Examples
- An enormous quantity of sodium carbonate, or soda, as it is usually called, is needed in the manufacture of glass, soap, bleaching powders, and other commercial products. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He obtained, by fusion, a crystalline carbonate resembling marble. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The production of caustic soda, sodium carbonate, and chlorine by the electrolysis of brine, is carried on upon a large scale, and will probably supersede all other methods. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Must kept still for transport can at any time be set into fermentation by a slight addition of carbonate of soda and fresh yeast. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- An improvement consists in adding one ounce of carbonate of barium to the fluid while warm. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The addition of soda, or sodium carbonate to the water will usually produce the desired effect. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The powders that are sold for making soda-water, by mixing them together, consist of carbonate of soda and tartaric acid. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Next to it come the so-called carbonates: first, sodium carbonate, which is already familiar to us as washing soda; and second, sodium bicarbonate, which is an ingredient of baking powders. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Barber proposed to introduce a stream of carbonated hydrogen gas through one port, and a quantity of air at another, and explode them against the piston. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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