What is the difference between carbonate and bicarbonate?

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What is the difference between carbonate and bicarbonate?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-26T04:42:57

$H C O_{3}^{-}$ $HCO_3^-$ versus $C O_{3}^{2 -} bicarbonate versus carbonate.$ $CO_3^(2-)" bicarbonate versus carbonate."$

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The $bi$ $"bi"$ prefix generally means the addition of $H^{+}$ $H^+$ . Bisulfate $H S O_{4}^{-}$ $HSO_4^-$ , bisulfite, $H S O_{3}^{-}$ $HSO_3^-$ , biphosphate, $H P O_{4}^{2 -}$ $HPO_4^(2-)$ .

Bicarbonate salts are generally soluble, much more so than the carbonates.

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