carbonate

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Then the process is just 1) add base 2) filter 3) re-carbonate it, and you have non-acidic coke.

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Quick take

Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

verb

(transitive) To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for carbonate.

noun

Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

verb

(transitive) To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.

Example sentences

Then the process is just 1) add base 2) filter 3) re-carbonate it, and you have non-acidic coke.

Most of the iron in the crust is bound in silicate or carbonate minerals, and energetically expensive to extract.

The main way (on geologic timescales) that it's taken back out of the atmosphere/hydrosphere and put into the lithosphere is by carbonate deposition (i.e.

Yes, the water is totally saturated with CaCO3, that is, calcium carbonate.

It is basic lead carbonate, or lead carbonate hydroxide.

Lithium carbonate is about 19 % elemental lithium by mass (lithium carbonate contains two lithium atoms per molecule), so 300 mg would be ~ 57 mg lithium.

He suggests that industrial CO2 is used to rejuvenate oil wells, carbonate beverages, and juice up commercial greenhouses.

At pH at or below 7.8, coral cannot generate it's carbonate skeleton, and lots of other organisms are affected.

You take baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, and turn it into sodium carbonate just by that gentle heat.

A small fraction is present as dissolved CO2, but most (about 96%) is in the form of dissolved carbonate and bicarbonate.

Wikipedia is your friend, but the easiest place to get calcium carbonate is from shells.

And bulk analytical-grade lithium carbonate, sulphate and citrate not marketed for human consumption are equally easy to acquire and even cheaper.

Quote examples

The stuff sold as "Lye Water" in Asian supermarkets isn't actual lye (NaOH), but rather a dilution of potassium carbonate or a mixture of sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate.