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DECOLOURIZING , in See also:practical See also:chemistry and chemical technology, the removal of coloured impurities from a substance . The See also:agent most frequently used is See also:charcoal, preferably prepared from See also:blood, which when shaken with a coloured See also:solution frequently precipitates the coloured substances leaving the solution clear . Thus the red See also:colour of wines may be removed by filtering the See also:wine through charcoal; the removal of the dark-coloured 1 At the 7th plenary sitting of the second See also:Hague See also:Conference (See also:September 7th, 1907) the chiefs of the See also:Spanish and Mexican delegations, M. de See also:Villa Urratia and M. de la See also:Barra, announced the determination of their respective governments to accede to the See also:Declaration of See also:Paris . 2 This relates to the incident in the Russo-See also:Japanese See also:War of the transformation of See also:Russian vessels which had passed through the See also:Dardanelles unarmed . impurities which arise in the manufacture of See also:sugar may be similarly effected . Other " decolourizers " are sulphurous See also:acid, permanganates and manganates, all of which have received application in the sugar See also:industry . |
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