Sodium Bicarbonate - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition sodium-bicarbonate

Definition :

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