1.0 2010-04-08 22:12:08 UTC 2025-11-19 01:04:29 UTC FDB015940 Ammonium bicarbonate It is used in foods as an alkali, dough strengthener, leavening agent, pH control agent and texturizer Ammonium bicarbonate is an irritant to the skin, eyes and respiratory system. Ammonium bicarbonate from China used to make cookies was found to be contaminated with melamine, and imports banned in Malaysia in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal.; At room temperature, ammonium bicarbonate is a white, crystalline powder with a slight odour of ammonia that can dissolve in water to give a mildly alkaline solution. It is however insoluble in acetone and alcohols. Ammonium bicarbonate decomposes at 36 to 60 °C into ammonia, carbon dioxide and water vapor in an endothermic process (as it is with many ammonium salts) and so causes a drop in the temperature of the water. When reacted with acids, carbon dioxide is produced, while reactions with alkalis give ammonia. Ammonium bicarbonate Ammonium hydrogen carbonate E503(ii) CH5NO3 79.0553 79.026943031 ammonium hydrogen carbonate ammonium bicarbonate 1066-33-7 [NH4+].OC([O-])=O InChI=1S/CH2O3.H3N/c2-1(3)4;/h(H2,2,3,4);1H3 ATRRKUHOCOJYRX-UHFFFAOYSA-N belongs to the class of organic compounds known as organic carbonic acids. Organic carbonic acids are compounds comprising the carbonic acid functional group. Organic carbonic acids Organic compounds Organic acids and derivatives Organic carbonic acids and derivatives Organic carbonic acids Aliphatic acyclic compounds Carbonate salts Carbonyl compounds Hydrocarbon derivatives Organic nitrogen compounds Organic oxides Organic salts Aliphatic acyclic compound Carbonate salt Carbonic acid Carbonyl group Hydrocarbon derivative Organic nitrogen compound Organic oxide Organic oxygen compound Organic salt Organooxygen compound logp -0.20 ALOGPS logs 0.97 ALOGPS solubility 7.32e+02 g/l ALOGPS melting_point Mp 107.5° (very rapid heating) logp 0.25 ChemAxon pka_strongest_acidic 6.05 ChemAxon iupac ammonium hydrogen carbonate ChemAxon average_mass 79.0553 ChemAxon mono_mass 79.026943031 ChemAxon smiles [NH4+].OC([O-])=O ChemAxon formula CH5NO3 ChemAxon inchi InChI=1S/CH2O3.H3N/c2-1(3)4;/h(H2,2,3,4);1H3 ChemAxon inchikey ATRRKUHOCOJYRX-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemAxon polar_surface_area 60.36 ChemAxon refractivity 20.34 ChemAxon polarizability 3.86 ChemAxon rotatable_bond_count 0 ChemAxon acceptor_count 3 ChemAxon donor_count 1 ChemAxon physiological_charge -1 ChemAxon formal_charge 0 ChemAxon Specdb::CMs 9962 Specdb::MsMs 69780 Specdb::MsMs 69781 Specdb::MsMs 69782 Specdb::MsMs 128124 Specdb::MsMs 128125 Specdb::MsMs 128126 HMDB36969 ammoniacal mild