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- noun Plural form of
hyposulphite .
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This salt dissolves readily in cold water; the solution is decomposed by strong potassic hydrate, baric sulphite, hyposulphites, and sulphur being formed.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Various
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Should the quantity prove sufficiently large, it may be leached out in the usual way by hyposulphites.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 Various
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Bromide of Silver -- May be formed by pouring an alkaline bromide into a solution of nitrate of silver, in the shape of a white, slightly yellowish precipitate, which is insoluble in water and nitric acid, but readily dissolves in ammonia and the alkaline hyposulphites.
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