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Carbonic acid

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  1. 1
    A weak unstable acid, H₂CO₃, known only in solution, and as carbonate salts; it is present in carbonated drinks, and sparkling wine, but decomposes to form carbon dioxide and water. uncountable

    "Had she lived now, she would have talked of the last delightful lecture on gas, or the charming new treatise on carbonic acid; she would have studied German, and delighted in the society of "talented people.""

  2. 2
    a weak acid known only in solution; formed when carbon dioxide combines with water wordnet
  3. 3
    Carbon dioxide. obsolete, uncountable

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