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Definition of Sodium bicarbonate

1. Noun. A white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid.

Definition of Sodium bicarbonate

1. Noun. (chemistry) A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃. ¹

2. Noun. This salt used in cooking as a raising agent, as an antacid, a cleaner, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sodium bicarbonate

1. Carbonic acid monosodium salt (CHNaO3). A white, crystalline powder that is used as an electrolyte replenisher and systemic alkaliser. It is applied topically in solution to wash the nose, mouth, or vagina, and as a cleansing enema. Pharmacologic action: Acid neutralization. Uses: Preexisting metabolic acidosis, hyperkalemia, tricyclic or phenobarbital overdose. Dose in mEq: 0.3 * (base deficit) * (wt in kg). Potential complications: Metabolic alkalosis, hypercarbia, hyperosmolar state. Note: Since HCO3- does not cross cell membranes and CO2 does, the administration of bicarbonate may actually make tissues more acidotic. Chemical name: Carbonic acid monosodium salt. (12 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodium Bicarbonate

Literary usage of Sodium bicarbonate

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

1. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Standard Sodium Carbonate is made from this pure sodium bicarbonate by heating at 290° C. to 300° ... The sodium bicarbonate is converted to the carbonate. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"When a stream of carbon dioxide is passed through a saturated solution of the carbonate, sodium bicarbonate (or hydrogen sodium carbonate), ..."

3. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"This can best be accomplished by sodium bicarbonate. ... Intravenous Dosage of sodium bicarbonate.—It may be injected as 5 per cent, solution. ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"This does very well if the solution is reduced in the cold, but with hot solutions the slightest cooling causes sodium bicarbonate solution from the valve ..."

5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"sodium bicarbonate is particularly useful for neutralizing hyperacidity in digestive disturbances. Magnesium oxid, or magnesium or calcium carbonate, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"tartaric acid, 2 ozs. sodium bicarbonate, and 1 -5 ozs. of farina. ... Self-raiting four may be prepared by mixing 8 ozs. sodium bicarbonate, ..."

7. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: A Course of Laboratory and Classroom Study by Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard, Joseph Warren Phelan (1922)
"How can you prepare sodium carbonate from sodium bicarbonate? 6. ... Would a precipitate of sodium bicarbonate form if carbon dioxide were passed into a ..."

8. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Standard Sodium Carbonate is made from this pure sodium bicarbonate by heating at 290° C. to 300° ... The sodium bicarbonate is converted to the carbonate. ..."

9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"When a stream of carbon dioxide is passed through a saturated solution of the carbonate, sodium bicarbonate (or hydrogen sodium carbonate), ..."

10. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"This can best be accomplished by sodium bicarbonate. ... Intravenous Dosage of sodium bicarbonate.—It may be injected as 5 per cent, solution. ..."

11. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"This does very well if the solution is reduced in the cold, but with hot solutions the slightest cooling causes sodium bicarbonate solution from the valve ..."

12. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"sodium bicarbonate is particularly useful for neutralizing hyperacidity in digestive disturbances. Magnesium oxid, or magnesium or calcium carbonate, ..."

13. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"tartaric acid, 2 ozs. sodium bicarbonate, and 1 -5 ozs. of farina. ... Self-raiting four may be prepared by mixing 8 ozs. sodium bicarbonate, ..."

14. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: A Course of Laboratory and Classroom Study by Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard, Joseph Warren Phelan (1922)
"How can you prepare sodium carbonate from sodium bicarbonate? 6. ... Would a precipitate of sodium bicarbonate form if carbon dioxide were passed into a ..."

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