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hydrogen peroxide Definition

hydrogen peroxide

noun

a colorless, syrupy liquid, HO, often used in dilute, unstable solutions as a bleaching or disinfecting agent, and in more concentrated form as a rocket fuel, in the production of foam rubber, etc.

hydrogen peroxide Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

excess: Excess hydrogen peroxide may then react with transition metals to form hydroxyl radical.

Converse of object

  • use: A good combo is wash using hydrogen peroxide - this will kill off anything on the surface, then sprinkle with antibiotic powder.
  • contain: The gel contains hydrogen peroxide which bleaches the teeth, together with glycerin and purified water to protect your teeth from dehydration.
  • produce: When honey is diluted, a special enzyme the bees have added produces hydrogen peroxide, a well-known antibiotic.
  • form: Peroxisomes - derived from rough ER, that contain enzymes that will form hydrogen peroxide - which phagocytic cells use to kill bacteria.
  • decompose: To prevent this, you heat the solution for some time to decompose the hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen before adding the acid.
  • destroy: Selenium Selenium is also important in the process of destroying hydrogen peroxide.

Preposition: into

water: To prevent this, you heat the solution for some time to decompose the hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen before adding the acid.

Modifies a noun

  • solution: This is then oxidized by warming it with hydrogen peroxide solution.
  • concentration: At present, I've made a paper about determination of hydrogen peroxide concentration in water by NIRS.
  • plant: Earlier this year Solvay signed an agreement to invest with BASF in a hydrogen peroxide plant to feed BASF's new propylene oxide process.
  • production: Miwa, S. , St-Pierre, J. , Partridge, L. & Brand, M.D. Superoxide and hydrogen peroxide production by Drosophila mitochondria.
  • rinse: Hydrogen peroxide mouth rinse is germicidal and will remove debris and crusts.
  • mouth: Hydrogen peroxide mouth rinse is germicidal and will remove debris and crusts.

Noun used with modifier

  • %: Some health food stores sell 35 % hydrogen peroxide.
  • cent: It can often help to rinse the mouth with a diluted solution of 3 per cent hydrogen peroxide.