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 bicarbonate of soda 名詞
 碳酸氫鈉,重碳酸鈉,小蘇打

 Sodium bicarbonate, a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also baking soda, cooking soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb, saleratus, and technically, acid sodium carbonate, sodium acid carbonate, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate, etc.
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 bicarbonate of soda
      n : a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent
          drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid [syn: sodium
          hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, baking soda,
           saleratus]