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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!chester.ksu.ksu.edu!news
  2. From: hendric@chester.ksu.ksu.edu (Richard Hendricks)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.chem
  4. Subject: h2o2 and disinfection...
  5. Date: 23 Nov 1992 10:35:38 -0600
  6. Organization: Kansas State University
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  8. Message-ID: <1er18qINNjjd@chester.ksu.ksu.edu>
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  11. Does anyone know exactly why h2o2 is used for disinfection/put on wounds?
  12. Does it kill bacteria by the release of free o2, by heat produced during
  13. the reaction, or what?
  14. thanks!
  15. -richard hendricks
  16. hendric@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
  17. ps, dont replay directly to me!  send it to matt.ksu.ksu.edu instead...
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