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to carbonate
01
to add carbon dioxide to something, often to make it fizzy or create a chemical change
Transitive: to carbonate a liquid
Examples
You can carbonate water by adding carbon dioxide.
The brewing process has carbonated the beer naturally.
02
to convert a substance into a carbonate compound by reacting with carbon dioxide or a carbonate source
Transitive: to carbonate a substance or solution
Examples
In the laboratory, scientists carbonate water by passing carbon dioxide gas through it.
By reacting sodium hydroxide with carbon dioxide, it is possible to carbonate sodium hydroxide.
Carbonate
01
a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
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