How to Use carbonate in a Sentence

carbonate

1 of 2 noun

• The change in the ocean's pH makes carbonate ions less abundant.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 25 Sep. 2019
• About one-quarter of the rocks in Taroko are carbonates.
  — Katherine Kornei, Science | AAAS, 20 Nov. 2019
• The largest of these carbonate veins seen so far stretches more than three feet long.
  — National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2020
• Calcium carbonate is the hard structure in which soft, squishy things call home – the rocky part of the coral and the shell part of the shellfish.
  — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• Stronger than the normal mask, it is made out of carbon and poly carbonate.
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• With sand, the more carbonate there is to produce carbon-dioxide gas, the greater the acoustic shift.
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2019
• What’s more, the process of breaking down olivine produces carbonate minerals, which are also present in the Isidis area.
  — National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
• So that’s where most of the carbonate rocks dissolve, leaving a small depression.
  — Alexandra Witze, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2021
• Eggshells have minerals that contain carbonate which is also present in the bone.
  — Michelle A. Nguyen, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2019
• Calcium carbonate, which makes up the shells of marine organisms, covers more than half of the ocean floor.
  — James Nestor, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2018
• The giant mass of carbonate climbed out of the sea, transforming into land under a hot and humid climate.
  — Peter Byrne, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2014
• Buried just below those glacial rocks were older layers of carbonate rocks.
  — Lucas Joel, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2018
• While Vesta was all rock and metal, Dawn found that Ceres had rock and ice, studded with bright spots that indicated the presence of salts or carbonates.
  — Mary Beth Griggs, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2018
• Calcium carbonate is also what makes up 97% of eggshells and also seashells.
  — Steven Savage, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• This in turn depresses the concentration of carbonate ions in the water.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2018
• The idea itself to convert CO₂ into carbonate minerals, the basis of limestone, is not new.
  — Dom Wolff-Boenisch, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2016
• The state lies on bedrock made of limestone or other carbonate rock that can be eaten away by acidic groundwater, forming voids that collapse when the rock can no longer support the weight of what’s above it.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 13 July 2023
• Prosecco, on the other hand, carbonates in stainless steel vats, a less time and money-intensive process.
  — Leah Silverman, Town & Country, 11 Dec. 2017
• Acids dissolve carbonate, so as pH levels in the world’s oceans drop, these animals may have trouble maintaining their body parts.
  — Jennifer Barone, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2011
• Chemical reactions with the basalt turn it into a hard carbonate.
  — Stacy Morford, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2022
• Mars 2020 will drill for samples from the clay and carbonate minerals now exposed on the surface of what used to be a river delta flowing into this lake (visible top right in the picture).
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• The team members are also keen to sample carbonates, similar to things like chalk and limestone on Earth, which could preserve biosignatures as well.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2023
• The researchers think the carbonate moved in long after the sediment had turned to rock, during that chemical-swapping metamorphic stage.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2018
• As a result, fewer carbonate ions are available for coral polyps to extract from the water, so the polyps can’t produce as much calcium carbonate.
  — Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 6 June 2018
• If active hydrothermal vents are here, they’ll likely be marked by telltale spires of carbonate.
  — James Nestor, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2018
• The calcium carbonate cliffs, which are centered on the town of Dover itself but stretch for about eight miles along the coastline, are instantly recognizable to Britons and deeply meaningful to many.
  — Lucas Peterson, New York Times, 26 July 2017
• Knowing this, Di Maio thought to introduce that technique to baking, in a process that’s also similar to the one used to make carbonate soda, according to a news release.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022
• That acidic water also removes many floating carbonate ions that organisms like mussels and clams use to build their sturdy shells.
  — Katie Camero, Science | AAAS, 23 July 2019
• The gas is first captured and turned into a solid carbonate, and then the carbonate is heated to release the carbon dioxide for conversion into a fuel.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2023
• While both the carbonate and chelated forms of magnesium can boost your magnesium level, note that magnesium carbonate may have a laxative effect.
  — Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023

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carbonate

2 of 2 verb

• The last step is to wait for the water to chill and carbonate.
  — Parker Hall, Wired, 14 Aug. 2021
• There are three kinds of salt lakes in the world: carbonate, chloride and sulfate.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022
• Most beer lovers know that brewers use CO2 to carbonate beer.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
• The Drinkmate is one of the few soda makers that can be used to carbonate any liquid.
  — PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• Instead of grabbing that CO2 to carbonate beer, tanks of CO2 are trucked in from across the country to meet brewers' needs.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 21 Aug. 2020
• But a live beer can become volatile and over-carbonated.
  — Zak Stambor, chicagotribune.com, 23 July 2019
• Try the purple cow: a white cake mix with a can of grape carbonated beverage.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2020
• The vast majority of wines are still, not carbonated, and dry, not sweet.
  — Gar Joseph & Marnie Old, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• Phillips rethinks the classic sipper as a cocktail made from a red wine base, which is force carbonated and placed on draft.
  — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Use a lemonade — preferably one that’s carbonated — or a soda or juice and it’s simply called a shandy.
  — Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2019
• The gas is crucial for the food industry; it is used to carbonate drinks, keep food fresh and to stun chickens and pigs before slaughtering.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2021
• Though nitrogen can replace CO2 to push beer from one tank to another, brewers need to use CO2 to carbonate the drink.
  — Anissa Gardizy, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• Sparkling wines are not sweetened and carbonated the way today’s sodas are.
  — Gar Joseph & Marnie Old, Philly.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• No existing tap system could serve beer directly from a barrel, much less cool and carbonate it in the tap line.
  — Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, 3 Feb. 2017
• The Duna crew also cranks up the pressure on their keg system to carbonate this soda hard, which brings the persistent low hum of carbonic acid to the party.
  — Ali Bouzari, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
• The program says the state is prone to sinkholes because of the materials found in the terrain in most areas: carbonate bedrock and limestone, which are very porous.
  — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 14 May 2021
• The weiss aromas and flavors were all present — clove, banana, a hint of vanilla, lemon and bready malt — and it was highly carbonated, as such beers typically are.
  — Todd Haefer, The (appleton, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2017
• The Paradise Falls Clubhouse, a white wine spritzer with Bolivian brandy, is garnished with grapes carbonated using dry ice.
  — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 9 Feb. 2018
• However, a very small amount of water — which is carbonated in this recipe! — can make a very big difference in the consistency.
  — Rebecca Powers, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
• Beer makers are searching high and low for carbon dioxide, commonly used to carbonate brews — a shortage that cropped up in the U.K. even before the pandemic.
  — NBC news, 24 Nov. 2021
• That mixture is sweetened with pure cane sugar and carbonated.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 10 July 2017
• This SodaStream model is powered by electricity to carbonate a bottle of H2O at the press of a button.
  — Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2019
• The festival featured firkin beers, which are brewed in a small cask and are not pasteurized, cold-filtered or carbonated by outside equipment.
  — Alicia Fabbre, Naperville Sun, 10 Sep. 2017
• Sales of Pepsi’s carbonated soda brands have declined while business has boomed for bottled and sparkling water.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 8 Feb. 2018
• Although nacre is made of calcium, proteins, and carbonate, the combination of these materials are 3,000 times tougher than each on is on their own.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
• Although the flavors can vary wildly, expect saisons to be spicy and heavily carbonated.
  — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 23 June 2017
• Their patience paid off, and this very special, very delicious (and softly carbonated) beer is available in retail outlets and in the taproom as of Friday, Nov. 1.
  — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2019
• The mudstone and carbonate sediment around the specimens indicates that the site had been deep underwater.
  — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
• In Jezero, clays called smectites could contain records of complex organic compounds, and carbonate deposits are strewn in the basin—exactly the type of rock that preserves the oldest signatures of life on Earth.
  — National Geographic, 30 July 2020
• Spaces and caverns can develop underground as rock below the land surfaces, such as limestone, carbonate rock or salt beds, dissolve.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 20 July 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024