Sodium bromite, NaBrO2, is formally the sodium salt of bromous acid. It is prepared by the controlled disproportionation of sodium hypobromite at pH 11–12 and 0 °C, and is commercially available as a 10% aqueous solution or as a solid trihydrate.[1] It is used as a desizing agent in the textile industry.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ukeles, S. D.; Freiberg, M. Bromine, Inorganic Compounds. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology; John Wiley: New York, 2002. DOI: 10.1002/0471238961.021815131001031.