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zinc hydrosulfite

noun

Definition of zinc hydrosulfite 

: a crystallizable salt ZnS2O4 made by addition of sulfur dioxide to a warm aqueous slurry of zinc dust (as in the manufacture of sodium hydrosulfite) and used as a bleach; zinc dithionite —not used systematically

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