Lexic.us

Definition of Bleaching agent

1. Noun. An agent that makes things white or colorless.

Definition of Bleaching agent

1. Noun. Any substance added to a product in order to whiten it; a bleach ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleaching Agent

Literary usage of Bleaching agent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on Dyeing and Calico-printing: Including the Latest by Edward Andrew Parnell, Clinton G. Gilroy (1846)
"... and New Processes—Theory of Bleaching—Favorable influence of Light— Objections to Chlorine as a bleaching agent—Application of Chloride of Lime —Method ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"In proof of this, he mentions that, on washing a sample of bleaching powder till he could no longer detect any bleaching agent, he obtained a residue ..."

3. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"Into this box the yarn is again lowered by the pump, and made to revolve as before, but this time through a solution of the bleaching agent, which, ..."

4. Animal Proteins by Hugh Garner Bennett (1921)
"Especially important is the lyotrope influence of the bleaching agent. Many reactive substances are ruled out simply because they either ..."

5. An Introduction to Science by Bertha May Clark (1915)
"The substance almost universally used as a rapid artificial bleaching agent is chlorine, best known to us as a constituent of common salt. ..."

6. Elementary Household Chemistry: An Introductory Textbook for Students of by John Ferguson Snell (1914)
"In household bleaching, likewise, the effect of the bleaching agent upon the ... Hypochlorites The most active bleaching agent, and the cheapest except ..."

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