sodium hyposulphite
noun
another name (not in technical usage) for sodium thiosulphate
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Copper may be separated from its solutions by means of sodium hyposulphite.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThe iodine is measured by titrating with a solution of sodium hyposulphite, using starch paste as indicator.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThe solution in hydrochloric acid is nearly neutralised and then boiled with sodium hyposulphite.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerSodium thiosulphate is familiar as sodium hyposulphite, the hypo of the photographers.
More commonly the salt is called sodium hyposulphite, or merely "hypo."
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPherson
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