- a variation of hydrosulfite.
hydrosulphite
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hydrosulphite
C20: from hydrosulph ( urous ) + -ite ²
Example Sentences
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It is reduced by hydrosulphite of soda yielding a blue vat, in which cotton and other vegetable fibres are dyed in the same way as in the indigo vat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Should the vat show signs of becoming charged with indigo, indicated by its becoming of a green colour, a little of this hydrosulphite added from time to time will correct it.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
The bisulphite of soda is allowed to act on the zinc as will be detailed when an acid solution of sodium hydrosulphite NaHSO2, more strictly hydrogen sodium hydrosulphite, is obtained.
From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech
Of such vats the copperas and lime and the hydrosulphite vats are examples.
From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech
Here again the hydrosulphite takes up oxygen from the water and liberates the necessary hydrogen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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