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sodium sulfite

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 3 , used chiefly as a food preservative, as a bleaching agent, and as a developer in photography.


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To make the humanmade version, the team first softened thin strips of oak by boiling them with lye and sodium sulfite.

From Science Magazine Feb. 15, 2023

Heating solid sodium hydrogen sulfite forms sodium sulfite, sulfur dioxide, and water:

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The most feasible method consists in the reduction of diazonium salts with sodium sulfite.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant

The flask is now warmed to about 20'0 on a steam bath, until the solid sodium sulfite, which has separated while cooling, redissolves.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant

The sodium sulfite solution is placed in a 12-l. flask and cooled to about 5'0.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant

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