What is Ammonium bicarbonate

It is a chemical compound, a thermolytic salt, the bicarbonate salt of the ammonium ion.

What is it for?

It has various applications including:

• leavening agent in the food field for baked goods
• in agriculture as a contrast to parasitic bacteria

Most significant studies

This study examined the mechanism by which ammonium bicarbonate inhibits mycotoxigenic fungi (1).

Action against the parasitic fungus Fusarium oxysporum. In a soil sprayed with calcium-ammonium bicarbonate or ammonium carbonate, the population of this fungus decreased by 95.4% and 71.4% in the cultivation of cucumbers, while in that of watermelons it decreased by 87, 3% and 61.2%, respectively, compared with non-irrigated crops (2).
Action against bedbugs Cimex lectularius L. with a 3% mixture of ammonium acid carbonate (3).
Bacteria withering is a systemic vascular disease of plants caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, an important bacterial pathogen transmitted from the soil.
Calcium cyanamide, ammonia water and a mixture of ammonium carbonate with lime are commonly used as fumigants to control the disease transmitted from soil in China (4).

Molecular Formula: CH₅NO₃ or NH₄HCO₃

Molecular Weight: 79.055 g/mol

CAS: 1066-33-7   10361-29-2

EINECS:   213-911-5

Synonyms: 

• Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
  
• Monoammonium carbonate
  
• Carbonic acid, monoammonium salt
  
• Ammonium acid carbonate
  
• Ammonium hydrogencarbonate
  
• ammoniumbicarbonate
  
• Acid ammonium carbonate
  
• Azanium hydrogen carbonate
  
• Ammonium hydrogencarbonate
  
  
• Ammonium bicarbonate (1:1)
  
• Carbonic acid, ammonium salt (1:1)
  
• ammoniumcarbonate

References___________________________________________________________

(1) Mechanism by which ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium sulfate inhibit mycotoxigenic fungi.

D A DePasquale and T J Montville

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1990 Dec; 56(12): 3711–3717.

(2) Effects of lime-ammonium bicarbonate fumigation and biofertilizer application on Fusarium wilt and biomass of continuous cropping cucumber and watermelon.

Shen ZZ, Sun L, Wang DS, Lyu NN, Xue C, Li R, Shen QR.

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2017 Oct;28(10):3351-3359. doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201710.036. Chinese.

(3) Relatively Small Quantities of CO2, Ammonium Bicarbonate, and a Blend of (E)-2-Hexenal Plus (E)-2-Octenal Attract Bed Bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae).

Anderson JF, Ferrandino FJ, Vasil MP, Bedoukian RH, Maher M, Mckenzie K.

J Med Entomol. 2017 Mar 1;54(2):362-367. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw189.

(4) Effect of calcium cyanamide, ammonium bicarbonate and lime mixture, and ammonia water on survival of Ralstonia solanacearum and microbial community.

Liu L, Sun C, Liu X, He X, Liu M, Wu H, Tang C, Jin C, Zhang Y.

Sci Rep. 2016 Jan 7;6:19037. doi: 10.1038/srep19037.