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| coke |
a residue consisting primarily of carbon that is left after coal has been heated in the absence of air, used as an industrial fuel and reducing agent. [1/2 definitions] |
| hypophosphorous acid |
a strong crystalline acid, colorless or slightly yellow, used as a reducing agent. |
| hyposulfurous acid |
an unstable acid found only in solution or in the form of its salts, used as a bleaching and reducing agent. |
| phosphorous acid |
a white or yellowish crystalline acid that readily absorbs oxygen and is used as a chemical reducing agent and to produce phosphite salts. |
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