bleaching agent

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bleaching agent - an agent that makes things white or colorless blanching agent, whitener, bleach 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

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Translations

bleaching agent

n → Bleichmittel nt

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