absorbing agent
1Absorbing Man — The Absorbing Man The Absorbing Man (background) on the cover of Thor #376 (Feb. 1987). Art by Walt Simonson. Publication information Publisher …
2Antistatic agent — An antistatic agent is a compound used for treatment of materials or their surfaces in order to reduce or eliminate buildup of static electricity generally caused by the triboelectric effect. Its role is to make the surface or the material itself …
3Colour retention agent — Colour retention agents are food additives that are added to food to prevent the colour from changing. Many of them work by absorbing or binding to oxygen before it can damage food (antioxidants). For example, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is often… …
4optical whitening agent — a substance added to something else to produce brightness by absorbing invisible ultraviolet light and reflecting it as visible blue light; these are added to detergents, paper, and textiles to give them a white color. Called also fluorescent… …
5blot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a soiling or disfiguring mark ; spot 2. a mark of reproach ; moral flaw 3. a usually nitrocellulose or nylon sheet that contains spots of immobilized macromolecules (as of DNA, RNA, or… …
6Morton Salt — Type Subsidiary Founded Chicago (1848) Headquarters Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Products Salt …
7silica gel — A form of porous silica used as a desiccant. It is used as a drying or moisture absorbing agent in packing and sometimes in avionics themselves …
8de|i´on|iz´er — de|i|on|ize «dee Y uh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to purify (water) by converting ionic salts into acids and removing them by means of an absorbing agent. –de|i´on|iz´er, noun …
9de|i|on|ize — «dee Y uh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to purify (water) by converting ionic salts into acids and removing them by means of an absorbing agent. –de|i´on|iz´er, noun …
10David North (comics) — Agent Zero redirects here. For the NBA basketball player, see Gilbert Arenas. For the other Marvel Comics character named Zero, see Zero (comics). Agent Zero Agent Zero, on the cover to Weapon X #3. Art by Georges Jeanty …
