BLEACHING Method used in the paper-making process to produce a bright white paper sheet. It produces dioxins.
BO Bronze.
BOD See: Biological oxygen demand.
Coral bleaching: The process that takes place when corals lose the microscopic organisms called algae that live within their tissues. These algae provide the coral with nutrients, and they’re responsible for the color of the coral.
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Ozone can be used for bleaching substances and for killing bacteria. Many municipal drinking water systems kill bacteria with ozone instead of the more common chlorine.
the quantity of chlorine released by a bleaching powder when treated with acid.
chlorine, combined available residual ...
sulfur dioxide (SO2) - a heavy, smelly gas which can be condensed into a clear liquid; used to make sulfuric acid, bleaching agents, preservatives and refrigerants; a major source of air pollution in industrial areas.
Hypochlorite: An anion that forms products such as calcium and sodium hypo chlorite. These products are often used for disinfection and bleaching.
Hypolimnion: Bottom layer of cold water in a lake. Compare epilimnion.
Though these compounds have relatively low vapor pressures and poor solubility in water, they cycle from aquatic environments--where they have been deposited from waste incineration, wood burning, pulp bleaching, smelting, etc.
An anion that forms products such as calcium and sodium hypo chlorite. These products are often used for disinfection and bleaching.
Hypoxic waters ...
dioxin: the popular name for a family of organic compounds that bio-accumulate with toxic effect in humans and wildlife. Two of the most widely studied sources of dioxins are the making of the herbicide Agent Orange and the chlorine bleaching of ...
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