potassium bicarbonate

A compound, KHCO₃, in the form of a white powder or colorless crystals, used in baking powder and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of potassium deficiency.

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potassium bicarbonate - a crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid

potassium acid carbonate, potassium hydrogen carbonate

bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate - a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate

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