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bisulphate

British  
/ baɪˈsʌlˌfeɪt /

noun

  1. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO 4 or the ion HSO 4

  2. (modifier) consisting of, containing, or concerned with the group -HSO 4 or the ion HSO 4

    bisulphate ion

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It is usually also best to dye in a bath slightly acid with sulphuric acid, or to add some bisulphate of soda.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

Unless the rubber is particularly well washed on the rolls, there remains within it a residue of sodium bisulphate, an oxidation product of the bisulphite.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

He warns against the use of the bisulphate as being the most inactive.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

To discriminate between bromides and chlorides more clearly, the substance is mixed with anhydrous potassium bisulphate and fused in an ignition tube.

From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton

The method most commonly used is fusion with bisulphate of potash.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

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