Sal volatile (spirit of hartshorn) is a solution commonly known as what?
Hartshorn Hartshorn Hartshorn is the horn of male red deer. Various substances were made from hartshorn shavings : Hartshorn jelly or a decoction of burnt hartshorn in water was used to treat diarrhea. The coal of hartshorn, called calcinated hartshorn, was used as an absorbent, as well as in the treatment of dysentery. "Salt of hartshorn" (ammonium carbonate) was used as a sudorific for treatment of fevers, and as a smelling salt. Hartshorn was used to treat insect bites, sunstroke, stye, and snakebites. "Hartshorn salt" (ammonium carbonate), also known simply as "hartshorn", and "baker's ammonia", was used as a leavening agent,
Ammonium bicarbonate sesquicarbonate (a 2:1:1 mixture of (NH)HCO, (NH)CO, and HO) converts it into normal ammonium carbonate ((NH)CO), which can be obtained in the crystalline condition from a solution prepared at about 30 °C. This compound on exposure to air gives off ammonia and reverts to ammonium bicarbonate. Compositions containing ammonium carbonate have long been known. They were once produced commercially, formerly known as sal volatile or salt of hartshorn. It was obtained by the dry distillation of nitrogenous organic matter such as hair, horn, leather. In addition to ammonium bicarbonate, this material contains ammonium carbamate (NHCONH), and ammonium carbonate ((NH)CO). It