Optical brightener

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A substance that is added to an uncoloured or a coloured textile material to increase the apparent reflectance in the visible region by conversion of ultra-violet radiation into visible light and so to increase the apparent brightness or whiteness.
also termed fluorescent brightener; optical whitener; fluorescent whitening agent; brightening agent

Textile Resource (http://www.textile.org.uk)

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