Schlippe's salt

noun

Schlip·​pe's salt

ˈshlipəz-

: a crystalline salt Na₃SbS₄.9H₂O used as an intensifier in photography; sodium thioantimonate

Word History

Etymology

after Karl Friedrich von Schlippe †1867 German chemist

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