sodium thiosulfate
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Tweet n. A white crystalline compound, Na2S2O3, often prepared as a pentahydrate, used as a photographic fixing agent, as a bleach and antichlor, as an antidote for cyanide poisoning, and as an antifungal agent. Also called hypo1, hyposulfite, sodium hyposulfite. |
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