blanching agent

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1.blanching agent - an agent that makes things white or colorlessbleaching agent, whitener, bleachbenzoyl peroxide - a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactionsagent - a substance that exerts some force or effectbleaching powder, chloride of lime, chlorinated lime - a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfectbleach liquor - a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulpcalcium hypochlorite - any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agentchlorine dioxide - an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purificationchlorine water - an aqueous solution of chlorine used as a bleaching agentClorox - a commercial bleaching agentliquid bleach - a solution containing bleaching agents; used for laundrysodium hypochlorite - an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant