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  2. Trisodium phosphate - Wikipedia

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    Trisodium phosphate (TSP) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Na 3 P O 4. It is a white, granular or crystalline solid, highly soluble in water, producing an alkaline solution. TSP is used as a cleaning agent, builder, lubricant, food additive, stain remover, and degreaser. [7]

  3. Laundry detergent pod - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] MonoSol is one of the companies that develops the water-soluble film used for laundry and dishwasher detergent packs, used by brands including Tide, with roughly US$250 million in annual sales and controlling around 90-percent of the market. [7] Notable brands of these packs include All, Arm & Hammer, Gain, Purex, Persil, Rinso and Tide ...

  4. Water softening - Wikipedia

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    Water softening is the removal of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. The resulting soft water requires less soap for the same cleaning effort, as soap is not wasted bonding with calcium ions. Soft water also extends the lifetime of plumbing by reducing or eliminating scale build-up in pipes

  5. Gelatin - Wikipedia

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    Gelatin is present in gelatin desserts, most gummy candy and marshmallows, ice creams, dips, and yogurts. [1] Gelatin for cooking comes as powder, granules, and sheets. Instant types can be added to the food as they are; others must soak in water beforehand.

  6. Water crystal gel - Wikipedia

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    Hydrated water gel, or water beads. Water crystal gel or water beads or gel beads is any gel which absorbs and contains a large amount of water.Water gel is usually in spherical form and composed of a water-absorbing superabsorbent polymer (SAP, also known as slush powder in dry form) such as a polyacrylamide (frequently sodium polyacrylate).

  7. Hydrogel - Wikipedia

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    Gelatin, here in sheets for cooking, is a hydrogel. Peptide hydrogel formation shown by the inverted vial method. A hydrogel is a biphasic material, a mixture of porous and permeable solids and at least 10% of water or other interstitial fluid.

  8. Dry basis - Wikipedia

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    Dry basis is an expression of a calculation in chemistry, chemical engineering and related subjects, in which the presence of water (H 2 O) (and/or other solvents) is neglected for the purposes of the calculation. [1] Water (and/or other solvents) is neglected because addition and removal of water (and/or other solvents) are common processing ...

  9. Collodion - Wikipedia

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    While in Paris, René Dagron became familiar with the collodion wet plate and collodion-albumen dry plate processes which he would later adapt to his microfilm and Stanhope production techniques. Collodion was used by Alfred Nobel in his development of blasting gelatin , a more powerful, flexible, and water resistant variation of his already ...