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CARBONIC ACID

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 309 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARBONIC See also:

ACID , in See also:chemistry, properly H2CO3, the acid assumed to be formed when See also:carbon dioxide is dissolved in See also:water; its salts are termed See also:carbonates. The name is also given to the neutral carbon dioxide from its See also:power of forming salts with oxides, and on See also:account of the acid nature of its See also:solution; and, although not systematic, this use is very See also:common.

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