sodium thiosulphate

Noun

Meaning

a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hypo sodium thiosulfate hyposulphite sodium thiosulfate solution sodium thiosulphate solution

Hypernyms

fixer fixing agent

Examples

As with chlorine or iodine solutions, sodium thiosulphate (or any soluble thiosulphate) is an effective reagent for reducing bromine to colorless odorless bromide. Source: Internet

He had discovered in 1819 that sodium thiosulphate was a solvent of silver halides, and in 1839 he informed Talbot (and, indirectly, Daguerre) that it could be used to "fix" silver-halide-based photographs and make them completely light-fast. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sodium thiopental sodium thiosulfate sodium thiosulfate solution sodium thiosulphate solution sodium triiodide sodium tripolyphosphate