Ammonium acid carbonate

Product name: Ammonium acid carbonate
CAS No.: 1066-33-7
Molecular Formula: NH4HCO3
Application:
 Ammonium bicarbonate is used in the food industry as a bulking agents(e.g., for gingerbread, digestive biscuit or Chinese youtiao). It was commonly used in the home before baking soda was made widely available. Many baking cookbooks (especially from Scandinavian countries) may still refer to it as hartshorn or hornsalt. In many cases it may be substituted with baking soda.
Product Description:
 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.