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phosphorous acid

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A white or yellowish hygroscopic crystalline solid, H3PO3, used as a reducing agent and to produce phosphite salts.

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  • noun chemistry a yellowish hygroscopic solid, H3PO3; a mild reducing agent

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  • noun a clear or yellow monobasic acid (H3PO2)

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