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ammo′nium car′bonate, [Chem.]
- Chemistrya water-soluble mixture of ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbamate, occurring either as a white powder or in colorless, hard, crystalline masses: used chiefly in the manufacture of smelling salts and baking powder.
- 1880–85
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