hydrogen peroxide

noun

a colorless, unstable, oily liquid, H 2 O 2 , an aqueous solution of which is used chiefly as an antiseptic and a bleaching agent.

hydrogen peroxide

a colourless oily unstable liquid, usually used in aqueous solution. It is a strong oxidizing agent used as a bleach for textiles, wood pulp, hair, etc, and as an oxidizer in rocket fuels. Formula: H 2 O 2

hydrogen peroxide

A colorless, dense liquid, that is often used as a bleach or is diluted with water for use as an antiseptic. Chemical formula: H 2 O 2 .

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First recorded in 1870–75

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As hydrogen peroxide breaks down into water and oxygen, the dish soap will catch the liquid and gas to form bubbles.

The experiment could then test different amounts of hydrogen peroxide to see which produces the most foam.

So the experiment needs to change the proportion of hydrogen peroxide in the elephant toothpaste.

If the hydrogen peroxide breaks down into the water and oxygen that power the foam, then perhaps more hydrogen peroxide would produce more foam.

They might show you that more hydrogen peroxide does indeed produce more elephant toothpaste.

Five years ago, she said, he tried to kill himself by ingesting ibuprofen and hydrogen peroxide.

The anhydrous hydrogen peroxide obtained by Wolffenstein boils at 84-85C.

An aqueous solution containing more than 1.5% hydrogen peroxide reacts slightly acid.

Hydrogen peroxide can also react as a reducing agent, thus silver oxide is reduced with a rapid evolution of oxygen.

Were it not for the expense, hydrogen peroxide would be the ideal bleaching agent for the animal fibers.

When hydrogen peroxide comes in contact with a catalyst, such as permanganate of potash, it breaks down into oxygen and water.

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