sulphurous acid
Britishnoun
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In the manufacture of starch, the corn is first "soaked" or "steeped" in a dilute sulphurous acid water for approximately 36 hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fumaroles were almost all on the brims of the craters, with emanations of hydrochloric and sulphurous acid.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi
The fire, in burning, turns into gases, which are rank poison—carbonic acid, for one; sulphurous acid, for another.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
The fumes from a well-regulated sulphur furnace should contain from 15 to 16 per cent sulphurous acid.
From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various
After bleaching with peroxide and drying, the straw consequently undergoes a further process of sulphuring, i.e. exposure to gaseous sulphurous acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
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