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  2. Woodworm - Wikipedia

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    Wood affected by woodworm. Signs of woodworm usually consist of holes in the wooden item, with live infestations showing powder (faeces), known as frass, around the holes.. The size of the holes varies, but they are typically 1 to 1.5 millimetres (5 ⁄ 128 to 1 ⁄ 16 in) in diameter for the most common household species, although they can be much larger in the case of the house longhorn beet

  3. Bleach - Wikipedia

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    Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning.

  4. Chlorine-releasing compounds - Wikipedia

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    Chlorine releasing solutions, such as liquid bleach and solutions of bleaching powder, can burn the skin and cause eye damage, [2] especially when used in concentrated forms. As recognized by the NFPA, however, only solutions containing more than 40% sodium hypochlorite by weight are considered hazardous oxidizers.

  5. Stain removal - Wikipedia

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    Household bleach generally removes a stain's colour, without dissolving the stain itself. Hydrogen peroxide is also a bleaching agent that can be used to treat stains. [3] Sodium perchlorate is a bleach alternative.

  6. Bleaching of wood pulp - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, the objective of bleaching mechanical pulp (also referred to as brightening) is to remove only the chromophores (color-causing groups). This is possible because the structures responsible for color are also more susceptible to oxidation or reduction. Alkaline hydrogen peroxide is the most commonly used bleaching agent for mechanical ...

  7. Lime sulfur - Wikipedia

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    Bonsai enthusiasts use undiluted lime sulfur to bleach, sterilize, and preserve deadwood on bonsai trees while giving an aged look. [5] Rather than spraying the entire tree, as with the pesticidal usage, lime sulfur is painted directly onto the exposed deadwood, and is often colored with a small amount of dark paint to make it look more natural.

  8. Hiding power - Wikipedia

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    Two red pigments are used to coat two vertical panels, both black at the bottom and white at the top. The paint layer on the right panel has higher hiding, making the black and white grounds almost indistinguishable. The hiding power is an ability of a paint to hide the surface that the paint was applied to. [1]

  9. Textile bleaching - Wikipedia

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    The term "bleach" originates from a French word signifying "to whiten." In essence, the process of bleaching involves whitening by removing substances that impart color to the material undergoing the bleaching treatment. [26] Bleaching is the process of decolorizing the material after it has been scoured.