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General Principles and processes of Isolation of Elements
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Sodium thiosulphate is used in photography to :-

A

Reduce $AgBr$ in to metallic $Ag$

B

Dissolve out $Ag$ produced by reduction

C

Remove unaffected $AgBr$ in the photographic film or plate

D

None of these

Solution

In photography, undecomposed $AgBr$ is removed with the help of sodium thiosulphate, i.e., hypo.

$\underset{\text { sodium bromide }}{ AgBr }+\underset{\text { sodium thiosulphate }}{2 Na _2 S _2 O _3} \rightarrow \underset{\text { sodium argernto thiosulphate }}{ Na _3\left[ Ag \left( S _2 O _3\right)_2\right]}+ NaBr$

Standard 12
Chemistry

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