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Sulfur dioxide from flue gasses can be reduced to sodium dithionite using sodium borohydride (the sodium tetrahydroborate process).

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989

8
SO2
  +  
NaBH4
  +  
8
NaOH
         
4
  +  
NaBO2
Na3[B3O6]
  +  
6
H2O
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Sulfur dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium borohydride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium hydroxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium dithionite     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sodium metaborate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Redox
Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent

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