Antichlor

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Antichlor is a substance that can eliminate chlorine by reducing it to chloride . In technology, inexpensive reducing agents based on sulfite or thiosulfate are preferably used, so that antichlor usually consists of either sodium sulfite Na 2 SO 3 or sodium disulfite Na 2 S 2 O 5 or sodium thiosulfate Na 2 S 2 O 3 . Antichlor is used to stop bleaching processes in the paper, textile and leather industries.

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  1. ↑ a b A. F. Holleman , N. Wiberg : Inorganische Chemie . 103rd edition. Volume 1: Basics and main group elements. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-049585-0 , p. 652 (reading sample: Part A - Basics of the chemistry of hydrogen. Google book search ).
  2. ^ AF Holleman , N. Wiberg : Inorganische Chemie . 103rd edition. Volume 1: Basics and main group elements. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-049585-0 , p. 670 (reading sample: Part A - Basics of the chemistry of hydrogen. Google book search ).