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bitartrate

[bahy-tahr-treyt]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a tartrate in which only one of the two acidic hydrogen atoms of tartaric acid is replaced by a metal or positive group; an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate, as sodium bitartrate.



bitartrate

/ ɪˈɑːˌٰɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: hydrogen tartrate.(not in technical usage) a salt or ester of tartaric acid containing the monovalent group -HC 4 H 4 O 6 or the ion HC 4 H 4 O 6

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bitartrate1

First recorded in 1875–80; bi- 1 + tartrate
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Chemically speaking, this powder is potassium bitartrate, a salt of mild tartaric acid, with a whole range of useful kitchen applications, from stabilizing beaten egg whites to keeping caramels smooth and chewy.

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My kitchen includes a bunch of chemicals that aren’t kept under the sink or handled only with gloves, including sodium bicarbonate, acetic acid, potassium bitartrate, lecithin, pectin, and ascorbic acid.

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I have found bitartrate of potassium the most grateful and efficient saline for depurative action.

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Cream′-wove, woven of a cream-colour; Cream′y, full of or like cream: gathering like cream.—Cream of tartar, a white crystalline compound made by purifying argol, bitartrate of potash.

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It is decomposed by a hot solution of potassium bitartrate.

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