Name

Ammonium carbonate

Synonyms

Diammonium carbonateHartshorn

Molecula formula

CH8N2O3

Molecular Weight

96.08

CAS

506-87-6

Properties

Appearance: colorless crystalline solid or a white powder with a strong odor of ammonia.

Melting Point: 58

Density  1.5 g/cm3 (20 C)

Application

In baking powders, for washing and defatting woolens, tanning, as mordant in dyeing, in manufacture of rubber articles, casein glue, casein colors, in fire extinguishers, for separating cocas constituents, as a reagent in analytical chemistry.