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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Fast yellow S, and 10 lb. bisulphate of soda.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

Indigotine extra, 10�lb. bisulphate of soda, and 2�lb. sulphuric acid.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

Glauber's salt, and 10 lb. bisulphate of soda.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

Potassium bisulphate is useful in the preliminary treatment of refractory aluminous ores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

If the substance be mixed in a dry condition with dry potassium bisulphate, and is then heated in an ignition tube, red-brown nitrous fumes are evolved.

From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton

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