Definition of Sodium thiosulfate

1. Noun. A compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing.

Exact synonyms: Hypo, Sodium Thiosulphate
Generic synonyms: Fixer, Fixing Agent

Medical Definition of Sodium thiosulfate

1. Na2S2O3-5H2O;an antidote in cyanide poisoning in conjunction with sodium nitrite; used as a prophylactic agent against ringworm infections in swimming pools and baths, and to measure the extracellular fluid volume of the body. Synonym: sodium hyposulfite. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodium Thiosulfate

sodium sorbate
sodium stearate
sodium sulfate
sodium sulfite
sodium sulfocarbolate
sodium sulfocyanate
sodium sulforicinate
sodium sulphate
sodium sulphite
sodium tartrate
sodium taurocholate
sodium tetraborate
sodium tetradecyl sulfate
sodium thiocyanate
sodium thiopental
sodium thiosulfate (current term)
sodium thiosulphate
sodium tripolyphosphate
sodium tungstoborate
sodium vapor lamp
sodium vapour lamp
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Literary usage of Sodium thiosulfate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Food Chemicals Codex: First Supplement to the Fifth Edition by Committee on Food Chemicals Codex, Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"Titrate with 0.1 N sodium thiosulfate solution, adding the solution gradually ... If the titration is less than 0.5 mL using 0.1 /V sodium thiosulfate, ..."

2. Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis: A Manual for the Study of by Harvey Washington Wiley (1908)
"... of sodium thiosulfate or of potassium sulfate or sulfid. These modifications will be given in detail under the official methods. 321. ..."

3. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"If chlorine (or bromine) is conducted into a solution of sodium thiosulfate, a considerable precipitation of sulfur takes place, which, upon further action ..."

4. Introduction to General Chemistry by Herbert Newby McCoy, Ethel Mary Terry (1920)
"sodium thiosulfate reacts differently with iodine, forming sodium ... If a solution of sodium thiosulfate is added to a solution of silver nitrate a white ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"We used equal reagent concentrations for the reaction between n-pentyl bromide and sodium thiosulfate and calculated the second-order rate constants ..."

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