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Sodium thiosulphate is used in photography
Q. Sodium thiosulphate is used in photography
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A
as
A
g
B
r
grain is reduced to non-metallic silver
B
to convert metallic silver into silver salt
C
to remove reduced silver
D
to remove undecomposed
A
g
B
r
in the form of
N
a
3
[
A
g
(
S
2
O
3
)
2
]
(a complex salt)
Solution:
In photography, used
A
g
B
r
is removed with the help of sodium thiosulphate, i.e., hypo.
silver bromide
A
g
B
r
+
sodium thiosulphate
2
N
a
2
S
2
O
3
⟶
sodium argento thiosulphate
N
a
3
[
A
g
(
S
2
O
3
)
2
]
+
N
a
B
r