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decolorize

[dee-kuhl-uh-rahyz] / diˈkʌl əˌraɪz /




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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

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

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

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 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

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

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2023

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

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

If the wine is colored with archil, on prolonged heating, after the addition of ammonia, it is decolorized.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various

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

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

He very soon noted the decolorizing or bleaching effects of this now product, finding that it decolorized flowers, vegetables, and many other substances.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Henry Smith Williams

Animal charcoal is used in large quantities for decolorizing sugar.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams

The decolorizing power of charcoal is an important characteristic.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams

This is the case in the methods for staining the tubercle bacillus and also in Gram's method, the essential point in which latter is the treatment with a solution of iodine before decolorizing.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various




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