sodium bisulfite

noun

variants or less commonly sodium acid sulfite

: either of two salts usually obtained by passing sulfur dioxide through a solution of sodium carbonate:

a

: an unstable crystalline salt NaHSO₃ that is known especially in solution and forms sodium metabisulfite on dehydration; sodium hydrogen sulfite

b

: sodium metabisulfite

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