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Purex (earwig)
Purex may refer to: * PUREX (plutonium uranium reduction extraction), a reprocessing process for spent nuclear fuel * Purex (laundry detergent), a brand of detergent * Purex Crystals, a laundry fragrance booster * Toilet tissue brand by Kruger Inc. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PUREX
PUREX (plutonium uranium reduction extraction) is a chemistry, chemical method used to purify fuel for nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons. PUREX is the ''de facto'' standard aqueous nuclear reprocessing method for the recovery of uranium and plutonium from used nuclear fuel (spent nuclear fuel, or irradiated nuclear fuel). It is based on liquid–liquid extraction ion-exchange. PUREX is applied to spent nuclear fuel, which consists primarily of very high atomic weight, atomic-weight (actinoid or "actinide") chemical element, elements (e.g. uranium, plutonium, americium) along with smaller amounts of material composed of lighter atoms, notably the fission products produced by reactor operation. The actinoid elements in this case consist primarily of the unconsumed remains of the original fuel (typically U-235, Uranium-238, U-238, and/or Pu-239). Chemical process The fuel is first dissolved in nitric acid at a concentration around 7 Molar concentration#Units, M. Solids are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purex (laundry Detergent)
Purex is a brand of laundry detergent and laundry-related products manufactured by Henkel North American Consumer Goods and marketed in the United States and Canada. Purex is one of the most widely used laundry detergents in North America. Its original product, Purex Bleach, was a major competitor to Clorox bleach. The brand name is also used for a line of in-wash "fragrance booster" products called Purex Crystals. The Purex Crystals brand was originally launched as an in-wash fabric softener product. History In 1922, Lionel S. Precourt and his son, Ray, began to make household bleach from their garage behind their family home in Los Angeles, California. The following year, the name Purex was adopted for their bleach product. By 1946, Purex began to produce its first light-duty, dry detergent, under the brand name Trend. In 1955, Purex acquired Old Dutch Cleanser from Cudahy Packing Company. On July 31, 1956, Purex acquired the Manhattan Soap Company best known for its " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purex Crystals
Purex Crystals are a crystal-form in-wash "fragrance booster" (and formerly a crystal-form in-wash fabric softener) manufactured by Henkel and marketed in the United States and Canada. Former fabric softener product Introduced in 2011, the Purex Crystals product was the first crystal-form fabric softener sold in the United States. According to an article in ''Good Housekeeping'', the Purex Crystals fabric softener could safely be used on active wear and children's polyester sleepwear without harming flame resistance properties. In January 2013, the company launched a version made specifically for babies. Fragrance booster and laundry detergent products As of February 2022, the Purex website refers to Purex Crystals brand products as "fragrance boosters" rather than fabric softeners, as they did previously. The company also uses "Purex With Crystals" as a branding label for liquid and powdered laundry detergent. Marketing award Zooka Creative, the marketing team behind the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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