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: blanching_agent
English
> 1 sense of the expression
blanching agent
:
NOUN
substance
blanching agent
,
bleaching agent
,
bleach
,
whitener
an
agent
that
makes
things
white
or
colorless
English
>
blanching agent
: 1 sense
> noun 1, substance
Meaning
An
agent
that
makes
things
white
or
colorless
.
Synonyms
bleaching agent
,
bleach
,
whitener
Narrower
Clorox
A commercial
bleaching agent
benzoyl peroxide
A
white
crystalline
peroxide used in
bleaching
(
flour
or
oils
or
fats
) and as a
catalyst
for
free radical
reactions
bleaching powder
,
chlorinated lime
,
chloride of lime
A
white
powder
comprised of
calcium ...
/
calcium hydroxide and chloride
and
hypochlorite
and used to
bleach
and/or
disinfect
calcium hypochlorite
Any
hypochlorite
of
calcium
chlorine dioxide
An
explosive
gas
(ClO2) used
chiefly
in
bleaching
paper
or starch or
soap
or
flour
and in
water
purification
chlorine water
An
aqueous solution
of
chlorine
used as a
bleaching agent
sodium hypochlorite
An
unstable
salt
(NaOCl) used as a
bleaching agent
and
disinfectant
Broader
agent
A substance that exerts some force or effect
Substance of
bleach liquor
A
solution
containing
bleaching agents
that is used to
bleach
textiles
or
paper
pulp
liquid bleach
A
solution
containing
bleaching agents
Spanish
agente blanqueador
,
blanqueador
,
lejía
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