thiosulphate
Britishnoun
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Owing to the limited contact period available a large dosage of chlorine is employed and the excess afterwards removed by the addition of a solution of sodium thiosulphate.
From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph
The amount of iodine liberated is therefore a measure of the copper in the solution, and when the sodium thiosulphate has been carefully standardized the method is extremely accurate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
Example.—1 c.c. of the N/10 sodium thiosulphate solution is found equal to 0.0126 gramme iodine.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.
The substance is called sodium thiosulphate, and is a salt of the easily decomposed acid H2S2O3, called thiosulphuric acid.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
Add a solution containing about 3 grams of potassium iodide, as in the standardization, and titrate with thiosulphate solution until the yellow of the liberated iodine is nearly discharged.
From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Talbot, Henry P.
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