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carbonic acid gas

[kahr-bon-ik as-id] / kɑrˈbɒn ɪk ˈæs ɪd /
NOUN
carbon dioxide
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One of the springs gives off carbonic acid gas and another contains a considerable proportion of lithia salts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

When the man exhales, as we all know, the air which he then discharges from his lungs is deficient in oxygen and instead contains carbonic acid gas.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

This the yeast splits up into alcohol and carbonic acid gas.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

You see, fresh air is composed of three parts, oxygen and nitrogen and carbonic acid gas.

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz




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