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decolorize

[dee-kuhl-uh-rahyz] / diˈkʌl əˌraɪz /




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The effects of various freezing procedures on the ability of samples to decolorize methylene blue were determined with 10 semen samples.

From Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by M. E. Friedman

The only other large use of arsenic is in the glass industry, arsenic trioxide being added to the molten glass to purify and decolorize the product.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Bodies absorbing oxygen, as sulphurous acid, phosphorous acid, and alcohols, decolorize it; under the influence of oxygen its color is restored.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Make a ten per cent infusion of the suspected coffee; filter it, and decolorize the solution by boiling it with a piece of animal charcoal.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow

The chlorine and oxygen will combine their action to decolorize the textile material.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

A: Many readers share your enthusiasm for decolorized iodine against nail fungus.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2023

Q: Do you know about a cure for toenail fungus using decolorized iodine every day?

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2023

The sparkle and shine had been sucked out of life so completely that my world became a fluorescent-lighted, decolorized, saltpetered version of the planet I had known before.

From Time Magazine Archive

Crystals are formed which are pressed, decolorized by animal charcoal, and recrystallized from boiling water.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various

This is decolorized, deodorized and otherwise purified in various ways: by treatment with alkalies or acids, by blowing air and steam through it, by shaking up with fuller's earth, by settling and filtering.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson

The heroes of the film—again: such as they are—do their work under the bland, decolorizing fluorescents at Globe H.Q.

From The New Yorker Dec. 16, 2015

Fuller's earth is essentially a variety of clay having a high absorptive power which makes it useful for decolorizing and purifying purposes.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Carbon pictures are therefore only permanent according to the degree in which the coloring matter employed is capable of resisting the decolorizing action of light.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

It will be recalled that it is used in the preparation of chlorine and oxygen, in decolorizing glass which contains iron, and in the manufacture of ferromanganese.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

How does pyrolusite effect the decolorizing of glass containing iron?

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson




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