bisulphate
Britishnoun
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a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO 4 or the ion HSO 4 –
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(modifier) consisting of, containing, or concerned with the group -HSO 4 or the ion HSO 4 –
bisulphate ion
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Glauber's salt, and 5�lb. acetic acid, adding 8�lb. bisulphate of soda to exhaust the bath.
From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin
Naphthol black 3 B and 10 lb. bisulphate of soda.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin
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
Fusion with an alkaline bisulphate converts the silver into the sulphate, which may be extracted by boiling with sulphuric acid and then with water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 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
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