sulphurous acid

noun

an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H 2 SO 3: Systematic name: sulphuric(IV) acid

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How to use sulphurous acid in a sentence

Thus far the value of the products obtained by absorption of sulphurous acid has not been equal to the cost of producing them.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | Various
sulphurous acid can fulfil in this instance a double function, viz.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett
The gum is dissolved in water, and sulphurous acid gas passed through the solution.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
Hence the necessity of having a little free sulphurous acid in each tube.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The colour, however, is not removed by boiling or by sulphurous acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

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