Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
potassium metabisulfite
A white, crystalline salt (K
2
S
2
O
5
) used (infrequently) in bleaching paper, and also in conjunction with sodium hypochlorite to neutralize any residual chlorine in paper.
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