Supercarbonate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supercarbonate \Su`per*car"bon*ate\, n. (Chem.)
     A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Bicarbonate \Bi*car"bon*ate\, n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.]
     (Chem.)
     A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is
     replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the
     proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice
     what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; --
     sometimes called {supercarbonate}.
     [1913 Webster] Bicarbureted