SULFUROUS ACID


Meaning of SULFUROUS ACID in English

Chem.

a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.

[ 1780-90 ]

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