AMMONIUM CARBONATE Definition & Meaning

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ammonium carbonate

noun

Chemistry.

a water-soluble mixture of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate, occurring either as a white powder or in colorless, hard, crystalline masses: used chiefly in the manufacture of smelling salts and baking powder.

ammonium carbonate

noun

an unstable pungent soluble white powder that is a double salt of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate: used in the manufacture of baking powder, smelling salts, and ammonium compounds. Formula: (NH 4 )HCO 3 .(NH 4 )CO 2 NH 2
an unstable substance that is produced by treating this compound with ammonia. Formula: (NH 4 ) 2 CO 3

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Origin of ammonium carbonate¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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It was printed on the package: ammonium carbonate, also known as smelling salts.

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He says plant officials reported a spill of ammonium carbonate into Gravelly Run on Tuesday afternoon.

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The carbon-rich solution, meanwhile, is treated in a separate vessel to release its burden of CO, which can then be piped away and stored, and the amines or ammonium carbonate thus liberated recycled.

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In severe cases with frequent and rapid pulse, in which ante-mortem heart-clots are apt to occur, the ammonium carbonate is often useful.

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The reagents in common use are acetic acid; magnesium chloride, used for a glue employed by printers; hydrochloric acid and zinc sulphate; nitric acid and lead sulphate; and phosphoric acid and ammonium carbonate.

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