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dithionous acid

Meaning of "dithionous acid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DITHIONOUS ACID

From di-1 + thion-, from Greek theion sulphur + -ous.

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PRONUNCIATION OF DITHIONOUS ACID

daɪˈθaɪənəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DITHIONOUS ACID

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Dithionous acid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DITHIONOUS ACID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dithionous acid

Dithionous acid is a sulfur oxoacid with the chemical formula H2S2O4. It is unstable in pure form, but its salts, known as dithionites, are stable. It was initially assumed that the C2 symmetric structure HOS-SOH is the most stable among molecules with the formula H 2S 2O 4 using ab initio calculations. The reason for this is the existence of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. It is now known that dithionous acid spontaneously decomposes to SO2 and S2. Sodium dithionite is a white powder used as a reductant and a bleaching agent. It is also used to reduce the nitro group to an amino group in organic reactions.

Definition of dithionous acid in the English dictionary

The definition of dithionous acid in the dictionary is an unstable dibasic acid known only in solution and in the form of dithionite salts. It is a powerful reducing agent. Formula: H2S2O4 Also called: hyposulphurous acid, hydrosulphurous acid.

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DITHIONOUS ACID

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WORDS THAT END LIKE DITHIONOUS ACID

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Synonyms and antonyms of dithionous acid in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dithionous acid» into 25 languages

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The translations of dithionous acid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dithionous acid» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

连二亚硫酸
1,325 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Spanish

ácido ditionoso
570 millions of speakers
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dithionous acid
510 millions of speakers
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dithionous एसिड
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حمض dithionous
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

dithionous кислоты
278 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Portuguese

ácido dithionous
270 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিদলীয় অ্যাসিড
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

acide dithioneux
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Asid dithionous
190 millions of speakers
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Translator English - German

Dithionsäure
180 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Japanese

亜ジチオン酸
130 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Korean

dithionous 산
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Asam dithionous
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axit dithionous
80 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Tamil

Dithionous அமிலம்
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Marathi

दिथियोनस आम्ल
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Ditiyo asidi
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Translator English - Italian

acido dithionous
65 millions of speakers
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kwas dithionous
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Translator English - Ukrainian

dithionous кислоти
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Translator English - Romanian

acidul dithionous
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Translator English - Greek

dithionous οξύ
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Translator English - Afrikaans

dithionous suur
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

dithionous syra
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

dithionous syre
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DITHIONOUS ACID»

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Outlines of chemical analysis
They comport themselves with zinc and chlorhydric acid as the sulphites. For comportment before the blowpipe, see page 116. Dithionous acid can be recognized when along with sulphydric acid (or a soluble sulphide), since the neutral fluid ...
Heinrich Will, 1855
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Minerals—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition: ...
dithionous acid (H.sub.2S.sub.20.sub.4), and other sulfur intermediate reduction products forming a sulfur dioxide treated water. These species as discussed by Noyes and Steinour may be affected by the presence of other ions in solution, but  ...
‎2013
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The Rosen Comprehensive Dictionary of Chemistry
Alternative name: hyposulphate. dithionic acid H2S2O6 Strong acid that decomposes slowly in concentrated solutions and when heated. Alternative name: hyposulphuric acid. dithionite Name that is given to any of the salts of dithionous acid, ...
John Owen Edward Clark, William Hemsley, 2008
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Shriver and Atkins' Inorganic Chemistry
Neither anhydrous dithionous acid, H2S2O4 (30), nor dithionic acid, H2S2O6 (31 ), can be isolated. However, the dithionous and dithionate salts are stable crystalline solids. Dithionites, S2O422, can be prepared by the reduction of sulfites with ...
‎2010
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Inorganic Chemistry
Dithionous acid is therefore obtained by reduction of sulfurous acid, and dithionic acid by its oxidation: + 4 Reduction +3„, +* Oxidation +' - 2S02 + 2e~ ▻ Sp2,"; 2 SO2" >S20^+2e". Zinc is a suitable reducing agent (Zn — * Zn2+ + 2e~; see ...
Egon Wiberg, Nils Wiberg, 2001
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The Chemical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in ...
Zinc does not behave towards selenious acid exactly in the same manner as to sulphurous acid; there is no acid of selenium corresponding to the dithionous acid formed ; but selenium is reduced, and an acid selenite of zinc obtained, which ...
William Francis, Henry Croft, 1847
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Encyclopedia of the Alkaline Earth Compounds
The dithionite anion, S2O2À4, is an anion formally derived from the hypothetical compound “dithionous acid”, H2S2O4. Dithionous acid has not been detected either as a pure compound or in solution. Its IUPAC name is sulfinatosulfinate, the ...
Richard C. Ropp, 2012
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Chemistry of the Non-Metals: With an Introduction to Atomic ...
... 50 °C: H2S2O6 —> H2SO.., + SO; Dithionates decompose in an analogous manner above 200 °C. 8.11.10. Dithionous Acid (I-[25204] Dithionites are obtained by reduction of hydrogen sulfites in aqueous solution with sodium amalgam, ...
Ralf Steudel, Frederick C. Nachod, Jerry J. Zuckerman, 1977
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Inorganic Chemistry
S2O2À5 þ Hþ / HSOÀ3 þ SO2 (15.79) 15.1.11 Dithionous Acid and Dithionites One of the unstable oxyacids of sulfur is dithionous acid, H2S2O4, which contains sulfur in the þ3 oxidation state. Reduction of sulfur þ4 to produce the dithionite ...
James House, 2012
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The Chemical Gazette, Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in ...
The behaviour of dithionous acid towards metallic oxides, in those proportions in which double salts are formed, is altogether very peculiar, and may probably serve to throw considerable light on the constitution of salts. The formula of the ...
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