Definition of Bitartrate

1. Noun. An acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate.

Generic synonyms: Tartrate

Definition of Bitartrate

1. n. A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.

Definition of Bitartrate

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) hydrogen tartrate (univalent salt of tartaric acid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bitartrate

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bitartrate

1. A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Bitartrate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1854)
"Dr. Price's further improvements in the manufacture of bitartrate of potash, relate to the decomposition of tartrate of ammonia and potash by means of acids ..."

2. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1844)
"ff In order to solve this question, I pnt into 210 grains of a solution of bitartrate of po- tassa, completely saturated at the ordinary temperature, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine: Being a Complete by John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré (1872)
"Of the total acidity not more than about 0-15 per cent. should be due to volatile acid. ESTIMATION OF TARTARIC ACID AND bitartrate OF ..."

4. The Commercial Hand-book of Chemical Analysis; Or, Practical Instructions by Alphonse Normandy (1850)
"bitartrate of potash, as found in commerce in the state of a crystalline ... bitartrate of potash is sometimes adulterated by pulverized quartz or sand, ..."

5. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1903)
"F. POTASSIUM bitartrate (TARTAR). §228. Crude tartar, which is taken partly from wine vats, and partly obtained from wine lees, and which serves as the ..."

6. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"R. bitartrate of potassa, one ounce. Powdered ginger, Conserve of roses, each, ... MIXTURE OF bitartrate or POTASSA. R. bitartrate of potassa, two scruples. ..."

7. A Text-book of Volumetric Analysis, with Special Reference to the Volumetric by Henry William Schimpf (1898)
"The bitartrate having but one atom of potassium in its molecule, it takes two molecules to form one molecule of carbonate. ..."

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