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2 unusual facts about hydrogen peroxide


Spotted skunk

Hydrogen peroxide and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) are mild enough to be used on people and animals but changes hair color.

Stain removal

Hydrogen peroxide is also a bleaching agent that can be used to treat stains.


Jan Aylen

After the end of the war and between May and November 1945 he took over the Walterwerke and questioned scientist Hellmuth Walter about his work with hydrogen peroxide.


see also

Haloperoxidase

The Nernst equation shows that hydrogen peroxide can oxidize chloride (E°= 1.36 V), bromide (E°= 1.09 V) and iodide (E°= 0.536 V) from a thermodynamic perspective under natural conditions, i.e., a temperature range of about 0-30 °C and a pH ranging from about 3 (humic soil layer) to about 8 (sea water).