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Definition of Bisulfite
1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO3, or any salt containing it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bisulfite
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bisulfite
1. A salt or ion of HSO3-. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bisulfite
Literary usage of Bisulfite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English dictionary for chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... bisulfite, n. bisulfite, acid sulfite. — de soude, sodium bisulfite. ... a.
of or pertaining to a bisulfite, ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"... be accomplished by utilizing their varying behavior with bisulfite solution.
... but, on warming with excess of bisulfite, or in dilute acid solution, ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"bisulfite and sulfite: Titrate a vol. with oi N I. To an equal vol. add excess
HgCl2 and titrate with ... NaOH = the cc. oi NI required for the bisulfite. ..."
4. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"The ketone can be isolated by its bisulfite compound, using ammonium bisulfite
and adding a little alcohol to increase the solubility of the ketone, ..."