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sodium bicarbonate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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sodium bicarbonate (countable and uncountable, plural sodium bicarbonates)

  1. (chemistry) A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO3.
  2. This salt used in cooking as a raising agent, as an antacid, a cleaner, etc.

salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid

used as a raising agent