sodium sulfite

Noun

Meaning

sodium sulfite (plural sodium sulfites)

(chemistry) The sodium salt of sulfurous acid, Na2SO3, used as a food preservative, in photography and in many industrial applications.

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Examples

After nitration, TNT is stabilized by a process called sulfitation, where the crude TNT is treated with aqueous sodium sulfite solution to remove less stable isomers of TNT and other undesired reaction products. Source: Internet

The trinitrotoluene is separated, washed with a dilute solution of sodium sulfite and then recrystallized from alcohol. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sodium stibogluconate sodium sulfate sodium sulfide sodium sulphate sodium sulphide sodium sulphite