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- From: dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Douglas Meier)
- Newsgroups: sci.chem,rec.pyrotechnics
- Subject: H2O2 Version 2.1
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.035923.8381@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 03:59:23 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.1992Nov19.035923.8381
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- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
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- I asked earlier what the reaction was between H2O2 and flesh (i.e. why the
- bubbles) and got two responses.
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- 1) It breaks down into H20 and O2, with some O radicals reacting with the
- skin.
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- 2) Oxidation reaction where H2O and CO2 are the gases given off.
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- Now I know that H2O2 can be an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent, dependent
- on the conditions, but I don't know which way this reaction occurs under
- conditions of H2O2 reacting with organic materials.
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- Any more suggestions?
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