sodium thiosulfate

sodium thiosulfate
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na2S2O3·5H2O, used as a bleach and in photography as a fixing agent. Also called hypo, hyposulfite, sodium hyposulfite.
[1880-85]

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