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sodium hyposulphite

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noun

  1. another name (not in technical usage) for sodium thiosulphate

"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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Stains can be removed from the skin or from linen by a solution of Kl, or of CuCl2 followed by sodium hyposulphite.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

A ten per cent solution of sodium hyposulphite is a good remedy also.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Copper may be separated from its solutions by means of sodium hyposulphite.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

More commonly the salt is called sodium hyposulphite, or merely "hypo."

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

This salt, commonly called sodium hyposulphite, or merely hypo, is made by boiling a solution of sodium sulphite with sulphur: Na2SO3 + S = Na2S2O3.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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