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Thiosulphate
Thiˊo-sul′phate
,Noun.
(Chem.)
A salt of thiosulphuric acid; – formerly called
hyposulphite
. ☞ The sodium salt called in photography by the name sodium hyposulphite, being used as a solvent for the excess of unchanged silver chloride, bromide, and iodide on the sensitive plate.
Definition 2024
thiosulphate
thiosulphate
English
Alternative forms
- thiosulfate (US)
Noun
thiosulphate (plural thiosulphates)
- A salt of thiosulphuric acid.
- 2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 46 (note):
- Gold sulphide is insoluble, but gold thiosulphate, compounded of gold, sulphur, and oxygen, dissolves readily enough.
- 2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, p. 46 (note):
Translations
thiosulfate — see thiosulfate