How to Use carbonic acid in a Sentence

carbonic acid

noun
  • The carbon dioxide that makes water bubbly turns into carbonic acid in the mouth and can be detrimental to your teeth's health.
    Kendall Trammell, CNN, 7 Sep. 2019
  • That's because the carbon dioxide that turns water bubbly turns into carbonic acid in the mouth, which can be detrimental to the health of your teeth.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Roots wrestled into the dirt, altering its chemistry and shuttling carbonic acid toward the sea.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 20 Dec. 2019
  • When carbonic acid loses a proton or two, forming a bi-carbonate or carbonate, respectively, D News says, this lowers the PH of water, which changes its taste.
    Jill Krasny, Esquire, 20 July 2015
  • Climate change, where heat-trapping carbon dioxide is emitted into the air by burning coal, oil and other fossil fuels, ends up as excess carbonic acid absorbed into the ocean.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Carbon dioxide dissolved in water winds up forming carbonic acid.
    Chase Purdy, Quartz, 15 June 2019
  • They had been exposed to carbonic acid, a byproduct of the battery production process that causes respiratory issues and skin and eye irritation.
    USA Today, 12 Nov. 2019
  • According to the Coca-Cola Japan's website, the beverage is made with fructose glucose liquid sugar, coffee extract powder and carbonic acid, caramel coloring matter, acidulant, fragrance, and caffeine—a whole lot of caffeine.
    Jillian Kramer, SI.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Some natural baths have fine, mineral-rich volcanic ash and mud components; others, which are acidic, provide an exfoliation effect, while those with carbonic acid help to improve blood circulation, leading to healthy skin.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Saruhashi is credited with creating a table bearing her name accurately measuring the amount of carbonic acid in water based on its temperature, pH level and chlorinity.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018

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