decolorize

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 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

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 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

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

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

What if I cannot be decolorized by any sea?

From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps

If the action of potassa is prolonged, the red-wood shades are decolorized, and a washing with water then bleaches the tissue.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 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

It is well before decolorizing the leaf to immerse it in a solution of potassa; the chlorophylian starch then swells and success is rendered easier.—Lartigue and Malpeaux, in La Nature.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

The method was absolutely successful, the wings decolorizing immediately and being ready for the slide within two minutes.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley

How does pyrolusite effect the decolorizing of glass containing iron?

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

The decolorizing power of charcoal is an important characteristic.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams