sulphite

/ sʌlˈfɪtɪk; ˈsʌlfaɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO 3 ^2–or HSO 3 ^–( hydrogen sulphite ) or the groups –SO 3 or –HSO 3 . The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds

Derived Forms

• sulphitic, adjective

Example Sentences

Generally though, the sulphite content is higher in sweet white wines rather than reds.

From BBC

OCU called for clearer labelling, as it found that in one brand the sulphite level was 90% of the recommended daily allowance for children.

From BBC

A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.

From Project Gutenberg

Further, it has been shown that putrid substances when mixed with either permanganate of potassium or the sulphite of sodium, and then injected, are harmless, although the same quantity of putrid matter injected without either of these salts destroys life.

From Project Gutenberg

Then sulphurous acid and the sulphites, which for a time were warranted to destroy every species of germ, were confidently appealed to to stay the progress of cholera, and it was at one time even a matter of dispute whether sulphite of sodium or sulphite of potassium was the more efficacious.

From Project Gutenberg