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  2. Fuller's earth - Wikipedia

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    Fuller's earth is the most common spelling today, but both fullers earth and fullers' earth remain in wide use. [4] Fuller's earth is also known by the following other names: Bleaching clay, [5] probably because fulling whitened the cloth. Whitening clay, particularly when used to treat facial pigmentation, such as melasma.

  3. Edible oil refining - Wikipedia

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    Edible oil refining is a set of processes or treatments necessary to turn vegetable raw oil into edible oil.. Raw vegetable oil, obtained from seeds by pressing, solvent extraction, contains free fatty acids and other components such as phospholipids, waxes, peroxides, aldehydes, and ketones, which contribute to undesirable flavor, odor, and appearance; [1] for these reasons, all the oil has ...

  4. Bleaching earth - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 1 December 2010, at 15:32 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. Ocean disposal of radioactive waste - Wikipedia

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    The waste materials included both liquids and solids housed in various containers, as well as reactor vessels, with and without spent or damaged nuclear fuel. [2] Since 1993, ocean disposal has been banned by international treaties. (London Convention (1972), Basel Convention, MARPOL 73/78). There has only been the disposal of low level ...

  6. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

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    No doubt, it's an item that needs frequent disinfecting, but be very mindful of the products used. Mixing bleach and ammonia results in the formation of a potentially fatal gas. Number 7.Icicles ...

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  8. Palm oil - Wikipedia

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    Bleaching removes color from the oil. This is achieved by adding a clay absorbent called bleaching earth in a vacuum mixer. [25] Filters remove the clay from the oil. [25] The oil enters the deodorizer, which is responsible for removing free fatty acids (FFA) generated by hydrolysis. One type of deodorizer works by distillating out the FFAs ...

  9. Over a year of astonishing ocean heat has given way to the ...

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    The mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world since February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Reuters this week.