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  2. Bleach - Wikipedia

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    Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), usually as a 3–6% solution in water, usually called "liquid bleach" or just "bleach". Historically called "Javel water" (French: eau de Javel). It is used in many households to whiten laundry, disinfect hard surfaces in kitchens and bathrooms, treat water for drinking, and keep swimming pools free of infectious ...

  3. Classical element - Wikipedia

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    Also at the subtlest level of existence, the elements exist as "pure natures represented by the five female buddhas", Ākāśadhātviśvarī, Buddhalocanā, Mamakī, Pāṇḍarāvasinī, and Samayatārā, and these pure natures "manifest as the physical properties of earth (solidity), water (fluidity), fire (heat and light), wind (movement and ...

  4. Air (classical element) - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Greek medicine, each of the four humours became associated with an element. Blood was the humor identified with air, since both were hot and wet. Other things associated with air and blood in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of spring, since it increased the qualities of heat and moisture; the sanguine temperament (of a person dominated by the blood humour ...

  5. What Is Oxygen Bleach? How to Use This Versatile Cleaner - AOL

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    Use it to clean bathtubs and sinks by filling them with hot water and the correct dose of oxygen bleach, and allowing the solution to have contact with those spaces for at least 30 minutes. Then ...

  6. Sodium hypochlorite - Wikipedia

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    A 12% solution is widely used in waterworks for the chlorination of water, and a 15% solution is more commonly [39] used for disinfection of wastewater in treatment plants. Sodium hypochlorite can also be used for point-of-use disinfection of drinking water, [40] taking 0.2–2 mg of sodium hypochlorite per liter of water. [41]

  7. Hypochlorite - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, hypochlorite, or chloroxide is an anion with the chemical formula ClO −.It combines with a number of cations to form hypochlorite salts. Common examples include sodium hypochlorite (household bleach) and calcium hypochlorite (a component of bleaching powder, swimming pool "chlorine"). [1]

  8. 30 Surprising Ways Nature Helped Us Create Everyday Items - AOL

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    Image credits: Emily Shiffer #7 Wind Blades. Humpback Whales are one of the largest weighing animals of the world, yet they are profound swimmers, which attributes down to its flippers (fins).

  9. Sylph - Wikipedia

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    La Sylphide Bourbon, A.M. Bininger & Co. Bourbon advertising label in the shape of a glass showing a man pursuing three sylphs. The Swiss German physician and alchemist Paracelsus first coined the term sylph in the 16th century to describe an air spirit in his overarching scheme of elemental spirits associated with the four Classical elements.