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Waterproofing

Waterproofing is a way of treating cloth, leather, wood, or other materials so that they will shed water. Many different chemical solutions are used in waterproofing. Nearly all of them work by forming a protective coating over the material to be waterproofed. More »

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Bleach

Bleach is any substance that lightens, brightens, or removes the color from a material.... More >>

Extract

Extract is a concentrated preparation of certain substances obtained from plants, herbs, flowers,... More >>

Flux

Flux, fluhks, in chemistry, is any substance that lowers the melting point of a substance to... More >>

Freeze-drying

Freeze-drying is a method of preserving substances by removing water from them. Freeze-drying is... More >>

Fumigation

Fumigation, fyoo muh GAY shuhn, is a method of killing pests that involves the use of toxic... More >>

Haber process

Haber, HAH buhr, process is a commercial method of producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen.... More >>

Hydrogenation

Hydrogenation, hy druh juh NAY shuhn, is a chemical process that adds hydrogen to a substance.... More >>

Hydrolysis

Hydrolysis, hy DROL uh sihs, is a chemical reaction involving water as one of the reacting... More >>

Waterproofing

Waterproofing is a way of treating cloth, leather, wood, or other materials so that they will... More >>


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