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Definition of Pentathionic

Pentathionic
Pentathionic Pen`ta*thi*on"ic, a. [Penta- + thionic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- so called because it contains five atoms of sulphur.

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- Applied to skin, it is slowly reduced to H2S and oxidized to SO2 and pentathionic acid, which dissolve the cuticle of itch mites and kill it.[citation...
- 3O 6 – trithionic acid H 2S 4O 6 – tetrathionic acid [eo] H 2S 5O 6 – pentathionic acid [eo], etc. Numerous acids and salts of this group have a venerable...
- from which the influence of tartaric acid makes an aqueous solution of pentathionic acid. Pot****ium hexathionate K2S6O6 has been synthesized by combining...