sodium hydrogen carbonate
- noun
- /ˈsoʊdiəm ˈhaɪdrədʒən ˈkɑːrbəneɪt/
- Specialized
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bicarbonato de sodio
- Sodium hydrogen carbonate is often used in baking as a leavening agent to help dough rise.
Examples
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Doctors sometimes recommend sodium hydrogen carbonate as an antacid to relieve heartburn.
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Adding sodium hydrogen carbonate to water produces a fizzing reaction due to the release of carbon dioxide.
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I bought some sodium hydrogen carbonate for baking.
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The recipe calls for sodium hydrogen carbonate as a leavening agent.
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Sodium hydrogen carbonate is often used in baking as a leavening agent to help dough rise.
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Adding sodium hydrogen carbonate to water produces a fizzing reaction due to the release of carbon dioxide.
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Doctors sometimes recommend sodium hydrogen carbonate as an antacid to relieve heartburn.
Synonyms
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A white powder used in baking, cleaning, and to ease heartburn
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3.2
A white powder used for baking, cleaning, and to help an upset stomach
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A white powder used in baking, to make fizzy drinks, and to relieve heartburn
A white powder used in baking to make dough rise
How Hazardous
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7.2
- Specialized
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5.4
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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2.3
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The term clearly signals a chemical compound built from 'sodium' plus a 'hydrogen carbonate' moiety, so learners who recognize basic chemical naming can infer it is a sodium salt rather than a literal combination of the everyday words. However, an average B1 learner is unlikely to know that 'hydrogen carbonate' corresponds to 'bicarbonate' (baking soda) or its common uses, so the exact referent and everyday meaning are not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Sodium hydrogen carbonate is a chemical name that simply tells you its parts: sodium and hydrogen carbonate. One easy image is the fizz you see when it meets water or lemon in a cake mix — the bubbles make dough 'rise', which is why the same substance is called 'baking soda' and used as an 'antacid'.