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Sigma-Aldrich

Sodium hydrosulfite

≥82% (RT)

Synonym(s):

Sodium dithionite, Sodium hypodisulfite

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
NaO2SSO2Na
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
174.11
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12161900
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

Quality Level

Assay

≥82% (RT)

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: reductant

pH

7.0-9.0 (20 °C, 50 g/L)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤50 mg/kg

cation traces

Ca: ≤50 mg/kg
Cd: ≤5 mg/kg
Co: ≤5 mg/kg
Cr: ≤5 mg/kg
Cu: ≤5 mg/kg
Fe: ≤5 mg/kg
K: ≤50 mg/kg
Mg: ≤5 mg/kg
Mn: ≤5 mg/kg
Ni: ≤5 mg/kg
Pb: ≤5 mg/kg
Zn: ≤5 mg/kg

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[O-]S(=O)S([O-])=O

InChI

1S/2Na.H2O4S2/c;;1-5(2)6(3)4/h;;(H,1,2)(H,3,4)/q2*+1;/p-2

InChI key

JVBXVOWTABLYPX-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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Application


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  • Interactions between Damaged Hair Keratin and Juglone as a Possible Restoring Agent: A Vibrational and Scanning Electron Microscopy Study.: The article explores the restorative effects of juglone on damaged hair keratin, utilizing vibrational spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The findings suggest potential applications in hair care products to repair and protect hair structure (Di Foggia et al., 2024).

  • Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Mechanisms of Acetic Acid Reduction by Adding NaHSO3 in Actinobacillus succinogenes GXAS137.: This research delves into the molecular mechanisms behind the reduction of acetic acid in Actinobacillus succinogenes GXAS137 when treated with sodium hydrosulfite, revealing significant transcriptomic changes and potential pathways involved (Li et al., 2023).

  • Reduced graphene oxide coated alginate scaffolds: potential for cardiac patch application.: The study evaluates the use of reduced graphene oxide-coated alginate scaffolds for cardiac patch applications, demonstrating enhanced mechanical properties and biocompatibility, suggesting its potential for cardiac tissue engineering (Baheiraei et al., 2023).

  • Three birds, one stone: Disinfecting and turning waste medical masks into valuable carbon dots for sodium hydrosulfite and Fe(3+) detection enabled by a simple hydrothermal treatment.: This innovative research presents a method to recycle waste medical masks into carbon dots for detecting sodium hydrosulfite and Fe(3+), combining disinfection and waste reduction with the creation of useful nanomaterials (Li et al., 2023).

Other Notes

Reducing agent; To identify the essential tyrosine residue of F1-ATPase from the thermophilic bacterium PS3, that reacts with 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzofurazan; Spectrophotometric determination of the haptoglobin-haemoglobin complex in haemolysed serum; Prolongs the hydrogen photoproduction by Chlorella fusca var. vacuolata 211.11M; Cleaves Ellman′s reagent in surfactant vesicles.

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Self-heat. 1

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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M. Vinayakumar et al.
Life Science Advances, 3, 156-156 (1984)
Bahngmi Jung et al.
Journal of environmental sciences (China), 74, 168-176 (2018-10-21)
This study investigates the removal of arsenite (As(III)) from water using dithionite activated by UV light. This work evaluated the removal kinetics of As(III) under UV light irradiation as affected by dithionite dose and light intensity, and characterized the nature
B S Shim et al.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation, 46(1), 45-51 (1986-02-01)
The concentration of haptoglobin-haemoglobin complex in haemolysed serum was measured by reducing the sample with sodium hydrosulphite. The absorption spectra of serum before and after sodium hydrosulphite treatment were compared, and the absorbance change was used to determine the amount
J G Verburg et al.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 245(1), 8-13 (1986-02-15)
When the F1-ATPase from the thermophilic bacterium, PS3, was inactivated by greater than 90% with 7-chloro-4-nitro[14C]benzofurazan ([14C]Nbf-Cl) at pH 7.4, 1.4 mol of [14C]Nbf were incorporated per mol of enzyme. After pepsin digestion of the labeled enzyme at pH 3.0
Shaila Afroj et al.
ACS nano, 13(4), 3847-3857 (2019-03-01)
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