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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A carbonate of ammonium, (NH4)2CO3.
- noun The white, crystalline double salt of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate, (NH4)HCO3·NH4CO2NH2, produced commercially and used in smelling salts and baking powder.
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- noun inorganic chemistry The ammonium
salt ofcarbonic acid , (NH4)2CO3; a white powder, smelling ofammonia , used in the preparation ofsmelling salts andbaking powder .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a carbonate of ammonium; used in the manufacture of smelling salts and baking powder and ammonium compounds
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