sodium bisulfate

noun

variants or less commonly sodium acid sulfate

: a crystalline salt NaHSO₄ that gives an acid reaction in solution, that is usually made by the reaction of sulfuric acid with common salt or sodium sulfate, and that is used chiefly as a flux in pickling metals and as an acid ingredient in dyeing and cleaning compositions; sodium hydrogen sulfate

called also niter cake

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