decolorize
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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
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 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 chlorine and oxygen will combine their action to decolorize the textile material.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
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
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
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
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
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
The decolorizing power is not permanent, becoming lost after using for some time; it may be revived, however, by washing and reheating.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Animal charcoal is used in large quantities for decolorizing sugar.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
Manganese is used largely as a "decolorizing" agent in counteracting the blue-green of iron.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
Excess of stain is afterwards removed from the tissues by the use of decolorizing agents, such as acids of varying strength and concentration, alcohol, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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