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  2. Bleach - Wikipedia

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    2), and calcium chloride (CaCl 2) in variable amounts. [18] Sold as a white powder or in tablets, it is used in many of the same applications as sodium hypochlorite but is more stable and contains more available chlorine. Chlorine gas (Cl 2).

  3. Surface tension - Wikipedia

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    Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible. Surface tension is what allows objects with a higher density than water such as razor blades and insects (e.g. water striders) to float on a water surface without becoming even partly submerged.

  4. Ethanol - Wikipedia

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    Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3 CH 2 OH. It is an alcohol, with its formula also written as C 2 H 5 OH, C 2 H 6 O or EtOH, where Et stands for ethyl. Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic wine-like ...

  5. Vinegar - Wikipedia

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    To be called "spirit vinegar", the product must come from an agricultural source and must be made by "double fermentation". The first fermentation is sugar to alcohol, and the second is alcohol to acetic acid. Products made from synthetically produced acetic acid cannot be called "vinegar" in the UK, where the term allowed is "non-brewed ...

  6. Tofu - Wikipedia

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    Chloride-type nigari salts or lushui (Traditional: 鹵水, 滷水; Simplified: 卤水; Pinyin: lǔshuǐ) – Magnesium chloride and calcium chloride: Both of these salts are highly soluble in water and affect soy protein in the same way, whereas gypsum is only very slightly soluble in water and acts differently in soy protein precipitation, the ...

  7. Taste - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The saltiness of substances is rated relative to sodium chloride (NaCl), which has an index of 1. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Potassium, as potassium chloride (KCl), is the principal ingredient in salt substitutes and has a saltiness index of 0.6.

  8. Glycerol - Wikipedia

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    Triglyceride 3 NaOH / H 2 O Δ 3 × soap 3 × glycerol Triglycerides can be saponified with sodium hydroxide to give glycerol and fatty sodium salt or soap. Typical plant sources include soybeans or palm. Animal-derived tallow is another source. From 2000 to 2004, approximately 950,000 tons per year were produced in the United States and Europe; 350,000 tons of glycerol were produced in the U ...

  9. γ-Butyrolactone - Wikipedia

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    GBL is known to be used in the synthesis of 4-chlorobutyryl chloride. [23] This in turn is used in the synthesis of the butyrophenone sidechain of many antipsychotic drugs (e.g. haloperidol). It is also known to be employed in the synthesis of 1-bromo-4,4-bis(p-fluorophenyl)butane [57668-61-8] [24] (the side-chain to the diphenylbutylpiperidine ...