Ngā Āhuatanga Ā-tinana: Ko te konutai dithionite he matū mura o te taumata 1. E mōhiotia ana hoki ko te Rongalite. I roto i te hokohoko, e rua ōna āhua: Na₂S₂O₄·2H₂O me te Na₂S₂O₄ korewai. Ko te mea tuatahi he tioata ma, he paura kōwhai mārama te mea tuarua. Ko tōna mātotoru whanaunga ko 2.3-2.4. Ka pirau ina whero-wera, ka wairewa ki te wai matao engari ka pirau ki te wai wera. Kāore e wairewa ki te etanoru. He pūmau tōna wairewa, ā, he tino kaha ōna āhuatanga whakaiti, e whakarōpū ana i a ia hei kaihoko whakaiti kaha.
Ina pāngia e te hau, ka mimiti ngāwari te hāora, ka waikura. Ka mimiti ngāwari hoki i te makuku, ka whakaputa wera, ka pirau. Ka taea e ia te mimiti i te hāora mai i te hau, te hanga puranga, me te whakaputa i te kakara kawa.
Na₂S₂O₄ + 2H₂O + O₂ → 2NaHSO₄ + 2[H]
Ka taea e te wera te mura mā te whakamahana, te pā atu rānei ki te mura tuwhera. Ko tōna pāmahana mura-aunoa he 250°C. Ka taea e te pā atu ki te wai te tuku i te nui o te wera me te hau hauwai mura me te hauwai whanariki, ka arahi ki te mura kaha. Ka taea e te pā atu ki ngā matū whakahāwea, te iti o te wai, te mimiti rānei o te wera whakaputa makuku te puta he paoa kōwhai, he mura, he pahū rānei.
Ka whakaratohia e mātou ā mātou ake rauemi mata konutai dithionite hei whakarite kia pumau te tuku mai i te pūtake, me te kore e manukanuka ki te wā tuku. Pāwhiri ki konei hei whiwhi utu whakataetae.