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Sodii Hypophosphis. Sodium Hypophosphite. NaPh2o3 +H2O=105.84.
Add Sodium Carbonate to a solution of Lime Hypophosphite and evaporate the filtrate. Ca(Ph2o2)2+Na2Co3=CaCo3+2NaPh2o2.
Small, colorless, transparent, rectangular plates of a pearly lustre, or a white granular salt, with a bitterish sweet, saline taste. Solubility. - In I part of water; in 30 parts of Alcohol.
Dose, 5 to 20 gr.; .30 to 1.20 gm.
 
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