zinc hydrosulfite

noun

: 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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