hydrosulphite
Britishnoun
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Origin of hydrosulphite
C20: from hydrosulph ( urous ) + -ite ²
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The bleaching is usually accomplished by the use of a hydrosulphite, either in the form of sodium or calcium, but sometimes only the sulphurous acid gas is used.
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This is dehydrated sodium hydrosulphite with the chemical formula, Na2S2O4.
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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.
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Cotton is dyed by means of the "lime and copperas vat," the "zinc powder vat," or the "hydrosulphite vat."
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The constituents of the hydrosulphite vat are hydrosulphite of soda, lime and indigo.
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