碳酸氢铵

碳酸氫銨
tànsuānqīng'ǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 ammonium bicarbonate (NH4HCO3)
  2. 2 baker's ammonia

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yǐqián de huàféi zhǔyào jiùshì tànsuānqīng'ǎn.
In the past, chemical fertilizer was mostly ammonium bicarbonate.
HSK 7-9
Zuò bǐnggān shí kěyǐ yòng tànsuānqīng'ǎn dàng péngsōngjì.
Ammonium bicarbonate can be used as a leavening agent when making cookies.

Tips

usage
Known colloquially as 碳铵, this compound was the backbone of Chinese agricultural fertilizer from the 1960s-1980s. It is also 'baker's ammonia', an old-school leavening agent that decomposes cleanly into CO2, NH3, and water when heated.

Stroke Order

tàn
suān
qīng
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