Sodium Bicarbonate

Definition: Sodium Bicarbonate

Sodium Bicarbonate

Noun

1. A white soluble compound used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid.

Domain	Definition
Health	A white, crystalline powder that is commonly used as a pH buffering agent, an electrolyte replenisher, systemic alkalizer and in topical cleansing solutions. (references)
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Synonyms: Sodium Bicarbonate

Synonyms: baking soda (n), bicarbonate of soda (n), saleratus (n), sodium hydrogencarbonate (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Sodium Bicarbonate

English words defined with "sodium bicarbonate": cooking soda ♦ Rochelle powder ♦ Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powders, soda water. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sodium bicarbonate": explosive cooling agent ♦ Solvay proces. (references)

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Sodium Hydrogencarbonate (Sodium Bicarbonate): A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Bacillus anthracis capsule production on heart infusion 0.8% sodium bicarbonate agar medium, and incubated at 35 degrees centigrade with 5 - 10% carbon dioxide. Credit: CDC.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Oral sodium bicarbonate or sodium citrate may also be prescribed for management of lactic acidosis. (references)
		Crack cocaine is processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water, and heated to remove the hydrochloride. (references)
		The term "crack" refers to the crackling sound heard when the mixture is smoked (heated), presumably from the sodium bicarbonate. (references)
Economic History	Pakistan	Local production of chemicals largely is confined to soda ash, caustic soda, sulfuric and hydrochloric acid, sodium bicarbonate, liquid chlorine, aluminum sulfate, carbon black, acetone and acetic acid. (references)
	Colombia	Best sales prospects include white mineral oils, alcohol's, phenols, o-acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters, amino-acids, vegetable and synthetic tanning and coloring substances, essential oils, flavorings, fragrances or odoriferous (raw materials) substances, base chemical products for cosmetics, soaps, detergents and cleaning, sodium bicarbonate, phosphates, chlorides, iodine, camphor, and surface-active agents (tensoactives). (references)
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "sodium bicarbonate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		natrium-bicarbonat (baking soda). (various references)

Dutch		natriumbicarbonaat (baking soda, sodium hydrogen carbonate). (various references)

French		NaHCO3SO (baking soda), carbonate acide de sodium (baking soda), bicarbonate de sodium (baking soda). (various references)

German		Natriumbicarbonat (baking soda). (various references)

Italian		bicarbonato di sodio (baking soda). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		重曹 (baking soda). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		じゅうた�"さ�"そう� (baking soda), じゅうた�"さ�"ソーダ (baking soda), じゅうそう (baking soda, chief priest, gunshot wound, instrumental ensemble, multilayered, multistoried, traverse, walk along the ridge). (various references)

Manx		jastee-hollan (baking soda). (various references)

Pig Latin		odiumsay icarbonatebay

Portuguese		bicarbonato de sódio (bicarbonate of soda, soda, washing soda). (various references)

Russian		двууглекислый натрий. (various references)

Spanish		bicarbonato sódico (baking soda, sodium hydrogen carbonate). (various references)

Swedish		natriumbikarbonat (baking soda). (various references)

Turkish		sodyum bikarbonat. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Sodium Bicarbonate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sodium bicarbinate, soduim bicarbonate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-d-e-i-i-m-n-o-o-r-s-t-u"
	-5 letters: adumbrations, bicarbonates, craniotomies, demarcations, diatomaceous, dominatrices, embrocations, eradications, miseducation, reductionism, romanticised.
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