bleaching agent

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Noun

bleaching agent - an agent that makes things white or colorless

benzoyl peroxide - a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions

agent - a substance that exerts some force or effect

bleaching powder, chloride of lime, chlorinated lime - a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect

bleach liquor - a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp

calcium hypochlorite - any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agent

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

Clorox - a commercial bleaching agent

liquid bleach - a solution containing bleaching agents; used for laundry

sodium hypochlorite - an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant

Translations

bleaching agent

n → Bleichmittel nt

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ENPNewswire-September 2, 2019--Umea University: Bacteria in pneumonia attack using bleaching agent

Umea University: Bacteria in pneumonia attack using bleaching agent

H2O2 can be used as a bleaching agent. For those trying to get a new look, the liquid can lighten or highlight hair.

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Another harmful ingredient that is often found in skin-lightening products is hydroquinone, a bleaching agent. That skin-bleaching and whitening creams damage the health of consumers is an open secret.

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Lab tests found the skin lightening products had the banned bleaching agent hydroquinone.

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Liverpool Crown Court heard the teeth whitening strips had 100 times the legal amount of bleaching agent allowed under European safety laws.

Scammer forced to pay back PS100k for dodgy dental products; 100 times the legal bleach amount in tooth whitener

In Group C (green), the teeth were bleached in the same procedure as Group B, after washing away the bleaching agent for two hours, 10% sodium ascorbate solution was applied to the enamel surface of the embedded teeth as an irrigation solution for 10min at a flow rate of 1ml/min.

Does the antioxidant treatment affect the shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets: An in vitro study

This included non-food grade bleaching agent that is prohibited by the SFA.

Food authority seals three factories over use of substandard raw materials

Pakistani textile sector is facing a shortage of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used as a bleaching agent for textiles, as local manufacturers reduced it supply in the country.

Textile sector facing hydrogen peroxide shortage

Currently, the most common bleaching agent is hydrogen peroxide, which steals electrons from the pigment molecules that cause teeth discoloration, and this process can be sped up by exposing teeth to blue light.

Here's a safe and effective way to whiten teeth

2011 suggested that when we use 30% of hydrogen peroxide mixed with sodium perborate (ratio 2:1 g/mL), we obtain an alkaline pH and the bleaching agent will be more effective.

Bleaching of Non-vital Discolored Teeth: Keys of Success

In 2004, the Kenya Wildlife Service went to court seeking a share of the hundreds of millions of dollars generated from the sale of the popular detergent and bleaching agent manufactured in the US whose active ingredients were acquired from the lake illegally.