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- From: xenon@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
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- Subject: Re: H2O2 Version 2.1
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.175535.2633@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 17:55:35 -0500
- References: <1992Nov19.035923.8381@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov19.035923.8381@news.acns.nwu.edu>, dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Douglas Meier) writes:
- > 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?
- >
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- Whether H2O2 (or amy substance) acts as an oxidant or a reductant depends on
- two things:
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- 1) The reduction potential of H2O2, and
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- 2) The reduction potential of the thing it is reacting with.
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- See the CRC handbook for a table of reduction potentials.
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- H2O2 acts as an oxidizing agent when it reacts with organic materials.
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