decolorize
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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 Piesse, George William Septimus
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 Friedman, M. E.
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 Winslow, Kenelm
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 Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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
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 Williams, Henry Smith
Sometimes they are decolorized, and become finally yellow, but do not pass through a brown stage.
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
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
In common daylight his coat would have shown a warm fulvous hue, but in the elvish decolorizing rays of that half hidden moon he seemed to wear a sort of spectral gray.
From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
The decolorizing power of charcoal is an important characteristic.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
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 Williams, Henry Smith
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