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thiosulphate

British  
/ ˌθaɪəʊˈsʌlfeɪt /

noun

  1. any salt of thiosulphuric acid

"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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HCl and 1 c.cm. of starch solution and titrate with N/1000 sodium thiosulphate until colourless.

From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

The substances usually employed for the standardization of a thiosulphate solution are potassium bromate and metallic copper.

From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Henry P. Talbot

Oxy-salts of gold are almost unknown, but the sulphite and thiosulphate form double salts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Two methods for the direct standardization of the sodium thiosulphate solution are here described, and one for the direct standardization of the iodine solution.

From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Henry P. Talbot

A 2 per cent bleach solution, containing very little excess base, was diluted with distilled water and the various dilutions titrated with thiosulphate after the addition of potassium iodide.

From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

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