Sodium Sulphite Item code: CAS-No-7757-83-7 Sodium Sulphite is a White crystalline or powder; readily soluble in water, decomposes on heating. It is prepared from sulphur dioxide and sodium carbonate or caustic soda. It is a strong reducing agent and reacts with oxidants. Applications: It is primarily used in pulp and paper industry It is used in water treatment as an oxygen scavenger agent , in the photographic industry to protect developer solutions from oxidation, in textile industry as a bleaching, as a desulfurizing and as a dechlorinating agent and in leather trade for the sulfitization of tanning extracts It is used in chemical manufacturing as a sulfonation and sulfomethylation agent It is used in the production of sodium thiosulfate It is use in other applications include ore flotation, oil recovery, food preservative, making dyes, and detergent,It is used to purify or isolate aldehydes and ketones Specifications: