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BLEACH [7 records]

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Record 1 2018-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

The chemical employed to remove color from the hair.

OBS

lightener; bleaching agent; bleach: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
CONT

Comment agissent les décolorants? Ce sont des produits chimiques qui, additionnés à des oxydants, diluent le pigment colorant du cheveu. Il s'agit d'une réaction chimique : le degré de décoloration dépend : du principe du colorant utilisé; de la force de l'oxydant; du temps de pose du mélange sur les cheveux.

OBS

décolorant : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peinado
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Record 2 2014-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
DEF

A chemical agent capable of destroying partly or completely the natural colouring matter of textile fibers, yarns, or cloth, and leaving them white or considerably lighter in colour.

OBS

Examples are oxidizing agents such as sodium or calcium hypochlorite, permanganates, sodium chlorites or hydrogen peroxide and reducing agents such as sulphur dioxide or sodium bisulphite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
DEF

Oxydant ou réducteur utilisé pour effacer la couleur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

[Removing] of a photographic silver image by chemical action ... as [a] preliminary step [to developing].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Affaiblir l'image argentique d'une épreuve à l'aide d'un agent de blanchiment pour la développer ultérieurement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

An aqueous solution containing sodium hypochlorite and some sodium chloride, used as a [whitening agent] and disinfectant.

CONT

In effect, bleach solution is a whitening and disinfecting agent compose of water, sodium hypochlorite, sodium chloride, and soda, in a nonuniform manner. Solutions are marketed in two forms: concentrated bleach solution and diluted bleach solution in bottles. Poisoning from this product often occurs accidentally and particularly among children less than 5 years of age. Nonetheless, this poisoning may occur in adults, especially in the event the product is removed from its package or in a professional setting.

CONT

Commonly the most dangerous chemical found in a household, bleach is an inorganic aqueous solution of 5.25% sodium hypochlorite. Bleach is a clear to yellowish liquid with a distinct chlorine like odor. Often mistakenly referred to as "chlorine bleach" because of its strong smell, bleach does not release a considerable amount of chlorine gas during its normal mode of action.

OBS

Javel water takes its name from the ancient village of Javel, now just one of Paris' many neighbourhoods. In 1777, Count d'Artois founded the "Manufacture pour les Acides et Sels minéraux" in Javel, where the chemist Claude-Louis Berthollet worked. While searching for a method that would ease the work of washerwomen who had to whiten clothes by exposing them to sunlight, Berthollet came across a water solution that bleached cloth artificially, and he called it "eau de Javel."

OBS

Javel water [also means] a solution of potassium hypochlorite now little used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Mélange d'hypochlorite et de chlorure de sodium utilisé comme décolorant, désinfectant, microbicide, etc.

OBS

Claude Louis BERTHOLLET [...] étudia également les propriétés du chlore (acide marin déphlogistiqué), ce qui le conduisit à la découverte de l'eau de Javel appelée à l'époque «lessive de BERTHOLLET». On l'a nommée javel car c'est à Javel, un ancien village, aujourd'hui un quartier de Paris, qu'on la fabriqua.

OBS

En 1820, le pharmacien Antoine Germain Labarraque étudie les qualités désinfectantes des dérivés chlorés et des hypochlorites de potassium et de sodium. Il met au point une solution de chlorure et d'hypochlorite de sodium qu'il appelle «liqueur de Labarraque». En 1900 on appelait eau de Javel l'hypochlorite de potassium, et eau de Labbaraque, l'hypochlorite de sodium. Plus tard, le procédé de fabrication a remplacé le potassium par le sodium, sans changement de nom.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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Record 5 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laundry Work
DEF

To make something whiter or to remove stain from it by using a bleaching agent in the laundry water.

CONT

If you're washing whites and want to bleach them, now's the time to add about ¼ cup bleach to the water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Blanchissage
DEF

Passer le linge à l'eau de Javel ou tout autre produit équivalent pour le blanchir ou le détacher.

OBS

On conserve les deux «l» à tous les temps et modes.

OBS

javelliser : terme et définition recommandés par l'Office de la langue française.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp Preparation (papermaking)
DEF

To lighten the colo(u)r of wood or pulp by chemical processes, or to remove specific stains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation de la pâte à papier
DEF

Procéder à la suppression, par voie chimique, des impuretés laissées par la cuisson et qui pigmentent la pâte.

OBS

Ce traitement peut aussi tout simplement diluer la couleur de la pâte ou du bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de la pasta (fabricación de papel)
DEF

Tratar las celulosas y pastas de papel para hacerlas más blancas.

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Record 7 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A chemical solution which allows removal of a photographic silver image or its conversion into an insoluble, relatively colourless silver compounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Solution chimique qui permet de réduire ou de blanchir l'image argentique d'une épreuve en vue de son développement ultérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
DEF

Sustancia que blanquea.

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