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  2. Sodium hypochlorite - Wikipedia

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    A 12% solution is widely used in waterworks for the chlorination of water, and a 15% solution is more commonly [38] used for disinfection of waste water in treatment plants. Sodium hypochlorite can also be used for point-of-use disinfection of drinking water, [ 39 ] taking 0.2–2 mg of sodium hypochlorite per liter of water.

  3. Water storage - Wikipedia

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    Water storage is a broad term referring to storage of both potable water for consumption, and non potable water for use in agriculture. In both developing countries and some developed countries found in tropical climates, there is a need to store potable drinking water during the dry season .

  4. Ripening - Wikipedia

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    In fruit, the cell walls are mainly composed of polysaccharides including pectin. During ripening, a lot of the pectin is converted from a water-insoluble form to a soluble one by certain degrading enzymes. [11] These enzymes include polygalacturonase. [9] This means that the fruit will become less firm as the structure of the fruit is degraded.

  5. Sodium metabisulfite - Wikipedia

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    It is used for preserving fruit during shipping. [15] It is used as a solvent in the extraction of starch from tubers, [16] fruit, [17] and cereal crops. [18] [19] It is used as a pickling agent to treat high pressure reverse osmosis and nanofiltration water desalination membranes for extended storage periods between uses.

  6. Blanching (cooking) - Wikipedia

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    The first step in blanching green beans Broccoli being shocked in cold water to complete the blanching. Blanching is a cooking process in which a food, usually a vegetable or fruit, is scalded in boiling water, removed after a brief timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (known as shocking or refreshing) to halt the cooking process.

  7. Sodium thiosulfate - Wikipedia

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    In pH testing of bleach substances, sodium thiosulfate neutralizes the color-removing effects of bleach and allows one to test the pH of bleach solutions with liquid indicators. The relevant reaction is akin to the iodine reaction: thiosulfate reduces the hypochlorite (the active ingredient in bleach) and in so doing becomes oxidized to sulfate ...

  8. Tannic acid - Wikipedia

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    Quercitannic acid is one of the two forms of tannic acid [4] found in oak bark and leaves. [5] The other form is called gallotannic acid and is found in oak galls.. The quercitannic acid molecule is also present in quercitron, a yellow dye obtained from the bark of the Eastern black oak (Quercus velutina), a forest tree indigenous in North America.

  9. Storage organ - Wikipedia

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    A storage organ is a part of a plant specifically modified for storage of energy (generally in the form of carbohydrates) or water. [1] Storage organs often grow underground, where they are better protected from attack by herbivores. Plants that have an underground storage organ are called geophytes in the Raunkiær plant life-form ...