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Definition of Hydrogen peroxide

1. Noun. A viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels.

Definition of Hydrogen peroxide

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) A colourless liquid, H₂O₂, soluble in water, used as a mild antiseptic, bleaching agent (especially for bleaching hair), oxidizing agent and chemical reagent. ¹

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Medical Definition of Hydrogen peroxide

1. Hydrogen peroxide is produced by vertebrate phagocytes and is used in bacterial killing (the myeloperoxidase halide system). (05 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrogen Peroxide

Literary usage of Hydrogen peroxide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"771 cc. of 6% hydrogen peroxide (1.25 mols hydrogen peroxide for i mol glycerol) were ... After adding a portion of 50 to too cc. of the hydrogen peroxide, ..."

2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"The formation of hydrogen peroxide has been observed by C. Schall to take place ... G. Schluck has studied the action of tellurium upon hydrogen peroxide. ..."

3. American Druggist (1891)
"Sulphuric acid : Dilute 10 Cc of hydrogen peroxide with 50 uc of water, ... Alumina: 10 Cc of solution of hydrogen peroxide, when diluted with water and ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1876)
"Form of occurrence of hydrogen peroxide in the atmosphere ; whether gaseous or dissolved in the fluid, or solid rain or hail; (2. ..."

5. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1891)
"OZONE AND hydrogen peroxide—DALTON'S LAW hydrogen peroxide, especially in a concentrated form, in contact with these substances, evolves an immense quantity ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"The R6le of Diffusion in the Catalysis of hydrogen peroxide by Colloidal Platinum." By GEORGE SENTER, Ph.D., B.Sc. (Lond.). Lecturer on Chemistry at St. ..."

7. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"But if to this solution we add hydrogen peroxide, guaiacum is oxidised ... The solution must therefore contain something which activates hydrogen peroxide. ..."

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