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What is a sulphite?

What is a sulphite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfite
  2. (archaic, slang) A person who is spontaneous and original in thought and conversation.
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A mixture of sulphite of calcium, chalk, and carbolic acid, or of sulphite and carbonate of lime.
Classifying the colours individually, the note says the black paste contains lead oxide, green has copper sulphate and the red has mercury sulphite.
A shrewd use of sulphite of quinine permits of certain curious operations, it appears.
They breathe compounds such as CO2, sulphate, sulphite, certain oxidised metals.
The solution is diluted with water, and treated with a solution of sulphite of soda.
The sodium sulphite method has the advantages of being clean and neat, and of requiring no nitration.

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