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• n  a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate

• Doctors have long fretted because peptic ulcer patients stubbornly ignored their warnings that sodium bicarbonate, the kitchen's ever-present help in time of heartburn, may cause .
• Best ingredients: "plain lukewarm water, or perhaps just a trace of bicarbonate of soda or ordinary salt.
• Many a man has died of a heart attack soon after asking for a glass of sodium bicarbonate.

• hydrogen carbonate

News & Articles

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• Quick Facts: What's The Buzz About Sodium Bicarbonate?
  Why opt for sodium bicarbonate if trona is cheaper? Any field tests supporting its use in air pollution control? Get the objective answer to these and other frequently asked questions about sodium bicarbonate in “Quick Facts: What’s the buzz about sodium bicarbonate?”
  Aug. 23, 2013 - PollutionOnline