Ammonium
Bicarbonate, also called ammonium hydrogen carbonate,
is a
white, crystalline powder. It
is soluble in water but
non-soluble in alcohol and acetone. It decomposes at
36 to 60C to
the base of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water vapor.
It is used
in baking powders and in fire-extinguishing mixtures.
It
is also used in wide industries of plastics and rubber
, compounding of cleaners and polishes and chemical
manufacturing and as a basic fertilizer and fertilizer
dressing as a
source of ammonia.
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substitute
for yeast in baking, production of ammonium salts ,
ingredient of fire extinguishing compounds , pharmaceuticals
, dyes & pigments , degreasing textiles , inflater
for rubber , food additive , in cooling baths , in compost
heaps to accelerate decomposition , manufacture of ceramics
, chrome leather tanning , manufacture of catalysts.
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