Warning - Strong Oxidant!

Authors

Howard Lyon, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Even the most casual survey of the uses of hydrogen peroxide would demonstrate that it is considered to be one of the safest oxidizing reagents available. Hundreds of useful commercial applications employ dilute H₂0₂ - water mixtures for bleaches, bubbling agents, mild cleansers and other gentle oxidation processes. The use of hydrogen peroxide in the teaching laboratory is recommended as far safer than the use of the pennanganates, nitrates, dichromates, chlorates and perchlorates which might otherwise be employed. The 3% solution is used to clean open cuts or employed as mouthwash. Analytical laboratories, employing higher concentrations, would be hard pressed to find a suitable substitute for many difficult oxidation processes.

Publication Date

December 1979

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

16

Issue

3

First Page

19

Last Page

23

Copyright

© Copyright 1979 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Lyon, Howard (1979) "Warning - Strong Oxidant!," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 16: No. 3, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol16/iss3/10