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bicarbonate of soda (sh) and Behrens, Peter (sh)


bicarbonate of soda (sh)




or sodium bicarbonate or Baking soda

Inorganic compound, white, crystalline salt of sodium, chemical formula NaHCO3.

It is a weak base and dissociates into water and carbon dioxide gas as it dissolves in the presence of hydrogen ions. In addition to household uses as an antacid, cleaner, and deodorizer, it is used in manufacturing effervescent salts and Beverages and Baking powder. Industrial uses include production of Other sodium salts, treatment of wool and silk, and use in pharmaceuticals, sponge rubber, fire extinguishers, cleaners, lab reagents, mouthwash, and gold and platinum plating.


Behrens, Peter (sh)




born April 14, 1868, Hamburg
died Feb. 27, 1940, Berlin, Ger.

German architect and designer.

He became director of Dusseldorf's arts and Crafts school in 1903. The large electrical company AEG hired him in 1907 as its artistic adviser, a comprehensive job that led him to design the hexagonal trademark of the AEG, its Catalogs, its office stationery, products such as electric fans and street lamps, and retail shops and factories. His AEG Works turbine factory in Berlin (1909-12), with its sweeping glass curtain wall, became the most significant building in Germany at that time. He was an influential pioneer of Modernism; Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe all worked in his office.


Behrens, painting by Max Liebermann

Archiv fur Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin