ammonium bicarbonate

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NH 4 HCO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of baking powder.

Example Sentences

When domestic waste water was used with ammonium bicarbonate in the RED stack, the maximum power was about 2.8 W m, which was nearly an order of magnitude higher than when waste water alone was used.

From Nature

This is lower than the 65 efficiency produced using sodium-chloride solutions with similar concentrations to sea water and river water, suggesting that the performance using thermolytic solutions such as ammonium bicarbonate could be increased through system optimization.

From Nature

The use of ammonium bicarbonate in the RED stack further increased performance to 5.6 W m with acetate fuel.

From Nature

The antis make much of the fact that AB-57 -- a dilute solution of ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, a fungicide and gelling agent in water -- has been used for cleaning stone.

From Time Magazine Archive

The original patents on the use of ammonium bicarbonate have, we understand, long since expired.

From Project Gutenberg