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Definition of Hyposulphuric acid

Hyposulphuric acid
Hyposulphuric Hy`po*sul*phur"ic, a. [Pref. hypo- + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid. Hyposulphuric acid, an acid, H2S2O6, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery solution and in its salts; -- called also dithionic acid. See Dithionic.

Meaning of Hyposulphuric acid from wikipedia

- discovered MSA between 1842 and 1845 and originally termed it methyl hyposulphuric acid. The discovery stemmed from earlier work by Berzelius and Marcet in...