Re: Sodium Thiosulfate
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From: | Terry J Mattoon <looneytoons5@juno.com> |
To: | RSRICHMOND@aol.com |
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Thanks for the insight, I've often wondered that myself.
Terry J. Mattoon
VA Med Ctr. #113
White River Jct.,VT 05001
(802) 296-5193 (direct # to lab secretary)
802-296-6328 - FAX
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:36:16 -0400 (EDT) RSRICHMOND@aol.com writes:
> Karla Carson HT/HTL (ASCP), Regional Pathology Supervisor, Mercy
> Health Care,
> Sacramento, California asks:
>
> <<So do we call Sodium Thiosulfate - Hypo because it is hypotonic?>>
>
> The chemical name of sodium thiosulfate was changed from sodium
> hyposulfite
> many years ago (more than fifty, I shudder to reflect). Because of
> its
> widespread use in photographic development (to remove unreacted
> silver
> halide), photographers were wont to refer to it as "hypo".
>
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist
> Knoxville TN
>
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