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- From: dexter@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Annette Dexter)
- Subject: Re: H2O2 Version 2.1
- References: <1992Nov19.035923.8381@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:57:11 GMT
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- dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Douglas Meier) writes:
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- >I asked earlier what the reaction was between H2O2 and flesh (i.e. why the
- >bubbles) and got two responses.
-
- >1) It breaks down into H20 and O2, with some O radicals reacting with the
- >skin.
-
- >2) Oxidation reaction where H2O and CO2 are the gases given off.
-
- >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.
-
- >Any more suggestions?
-
-
- Could be the presence of some small amount of catalase on the skin
- surface, disproportionating H2O2 to water and oxygen. There's certainly
- a lot of catalase in blood, or ground tissue.
-
- Annette
- dexter@aries.scs.uiuc.edu
-