What does «bicarbonato» mean in Spanish?
- A salt consisting of a base and carbonic acid in twice the amount of neutral carbonates. In inorganic chemistry, bicarbonate (properly to be called: hydrogencarbonate) is an intermediate form in the deprotonation of carbonic acid. It is a polyatomic anion with the chemical formula HCO- 3.
- It is said especially of sodium salt (NaHCO3).