carbonic acid gas
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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.
It always preserves its identity, and is always represented by the same equivalents of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbonic acid gas.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
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
Where the case is not imminent, alkalies have sometimes been successfully administered, which combine with the carbonic acid gas, and thus at once reduce its volume.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
Water impregnated with carbonate of lime, for example, deposits that compound as soon as evaporation has carried off a certain percentage of the water itself, and the carbonic acid gas which it held.
From Geology by Geikie, James
