Cream Of Tartar
Related Category: Organic Chemistry
white crystalline powder. Chemically it is potassium hydrogen tartrate, KC
4H
5O
6, the acidic potassium salt of
tartaric acid. It is used as the leavening agent in baking powders. An impure form, called tartar or argol, forms naturally during the fermentation of grape juice into wine and crystallizes in the wine casks.
