JAVELLE WATER

or Javel waterboth: zhəvĕlˈ, Fr. eau de Javelle, aqueous solution of sodium or potassium hypochlorite. It was originally made near the French town of Javelle (now part of Paris) and was the first chemical bleach, a use first demonstrated by C. L. Berthollet in 1785. It was produced by passing chlorine gas through a water solution of potash (potassium carbonate). After the invention of bleaching powder Javelle water was sometimes produced by reacting the bleaching powder with potash or soda ash (sodium carbonate). Now usually sodium hypochlorite solution, it is used in bleaching and as a disinfectant.

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Handbook of Photography
Book by Keith Henney, Beverly Dudley; Whittlesey House, 1939
Subjects: Photography--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...times normal--and a soaking water at the standard temperature...almost as much so as gum. Javelle Water. --It is sometimes...preliminary soaking in a dilute Javelle water before development...print, but the treatment with Javelle water increases contrast...
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Old Master Prints and Drawings: A Guide to Preservation and Conservation
Book by Carlo James, Marjorie B. Cohn, Caroline Corrigan, Marie Christine Enshaian, Marie Rose Greca; Amsterdam University Press, 1997
Subjects: Drawing--Conservation And Restoration, Paper--Preservation, Prints--Conservation And Restoration
...compound which is still in current use. He already knew the faults of another form of hypochlorite, eau de Javelle , or Javelle water, which was in use until recently. As for calcium hypochlorite chloride of chalk, Ca OC1 2 , Bertholet praised...
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Field Book of Seashore Life
Book by Roy Waldo Miner; Putnam, 1950
Subjects: Marine Animals
...must be cleared in Canada balsam or Javelle water and examined with a microscope in...drawing in and ejecting streams of water. Surrounding the cloacal opening...contract violently, throwing a jet of water for some distance. When violently...
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German-English Science Dictionary: For Students in the Agricultural, Biological and Physical Sciences
Book by Louis De Vries; McGraw-Hill, 1939
Subjects: German Language--Dictionaries--English, Science--Dictionaries
...m. jasper opal. jaten , to weed. Jauche , f. dung water, liquid manure, ichor, sanies; -grube , f. liquid...jauchzen , to shout, rejoice. Javellesche Lauge , Javelle water. jawohl , yes indeed. Jawort , n. consent. je , always...
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Chambers's Technical Dictionary
Book by C. F. Tweney, L. E. C. Hughes; Macmillan, 1958
Subjects: Technology--Dictionaries
...g. a private right of way, a right to draw water, or ancient lights q.v. . easement curve...or any other barren part of a mine. eau de Javelle, o de zha-vel Chem. . See Javel water. eave Build. . The lower part of a roof which...
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The Discovery of the Leblanc Process
Journal article by Charles Coulston Gillispie; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 96, 2006
Subjects: Carbon dioxide, Chemical engineering, Chemistry, History, Industrial Revolution, Journals, Science
...in the conversion of salt drawn from sea water into soda for commercial consumption...practical method for converting salt from sea-water directly into commercial soda. Nor was...directions call for slaking quicklime in water, and adding a saturated brine solution...


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Javelle Water
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JAVELLE WATER or Javel water both: zh vel , Fr. eau de Javelle, aqueous solution of sodium or potassium hypochlorite. It was originally made near the French town of Javelle (now part of Paris) and was the first chemical bleach...
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Potassium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...O 7 , and the iodide, KI. Javelle water contains potassium hypochlorite...silicate, K 2 SiO 3 , is used in water glass . Potassium has several...compound used in tanning, in water purification, and in baking...oceans. It is found in mineral waters, brines, and salt deposits...
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Bleaching
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...must first be scoured and silk must be degummed. Common bleaching agents used domestically are Javelle water, which is sodium hypochlorite in water, and other chlorine-based mixtures. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Bleaching Powder
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ca(OH) 2 , with chlorine gas, Cl 2 . It is used as a strong bleaching agent, as a disinfectant, and in making Javelle water . Bleaching powder was first produced in 1799 by Charles Tennant in Glasgow, Scotland...


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