Iyo ishyizwe mu kirere, sodium hydrosulfite ifata ogisijeni kandi ikongera ogisijeni. Ifata kandi amazi, igatanga ubushyuhe bigatuma ibora. Ishobora kwishyira hamwe mu gihe ifata ogisijeni yo mu kirere igatanga impumuro ikaze y’aside.
Na₂S₂O₄ + 2H₂O + O₂ → 2NaHSO₄ + 2 [H]
Gushyushya cyangwa guhura n'umuriro ufunguye bishobora gutera gushya, hamwe n'ubushyuhe bwa dogere selisiyusi 250. Guhura n'amazi bisohora ubushyuhe bwinshi n'imyuka ishobora gushya nka hydrogen na hydrogen sulfide, bigatera gushya cyane. Iyo bihujwe n'ibintu bigabanya ogisijeni, amazi make, cyangwa umwuka utose, sodium hydrosulfite ishobora gutanga ubushyuhe, isohora umwotsi w'umuhondo, itwika, cyangwa ndetse ikaturika.
Hamwe n'uburyo bwinshi butangaje bwo gukoresha, sodium hydrosulfite ni ingenzi cyane mu gusiga imyenda n'impapuro, kandi ikoreshwa no mu kubika ibiribwa. Itanga kandi imikorere myiza mu gukora imiti, gusukura ibikoresho by'ikoranabuhanga, gukuraho ibara ry'amazi yanduye, n'ibindi. Kanda hano kugira ngo ubone serivisi nziza n'igiciro.