sodium bisulfite

noun

The mono sodium salt of sulfurous acid, NaHSO₃, used as a food preservative and as a reagent in organic synthesis.

Meanings

nounsodium bisulfite (uncountable)

alternative sodium bisulphite

  1. uncountablechemistryThe mono sodium salt of sulfurous acid, NaHSO₃, used as a food preservative and as a reagent in organic synthesis.

    Synonyms: sodium hydrogen sulfite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe mono sodium salt of sulfurous acid, NaHSO₃, used as a food preservative and as a reagent in organic synthesis.

Translations

Catalan bisulfit de sodi
  • bisulfit de sodithe compound NaHSO3
Finnish natriumvetysulfiitti, natriumbisulfiitti
  • natriumvetysulfiittithe compound NaHSO3
  • natriumbisulfiittithe compound NaHSO3
German Natriumbisulfit, Natriumhydrogensulfit
  • Natriumbisulfitthe compound NaHSO3
  • Natriumhydrogensulfitthe compound NaHSO3
Italian bisolfito di sodio
  • bisolfito di sodiothe compound NaHSO3
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