Hydrogen peroxide

Hydrogen Peroxide CHARLES H. STONE 144 Wall Street, Orlando, Florida

YDROGEN peroxide receives scant attention m the average - p. re.para tow-school text. A statement, without detail, of the method of preparation with an accompanying equation, and a short statement of the chemical . . . . r . . r . . . . . . . . . - nronertiv and uses ~ ~ -of --- -this - - - im~ortant what is generally offered. 'rhere are few sum up accompanying experiments in either the text or the ~~

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removed by filtration. The reaction, carried out in the cold is represented by the familiar equation:

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Teachers should stress the differences in oxides. Those in which two oxygens are joined to a metal of valence four, but not to each other, are dioxides and are not suited to the preparation of hydrogen peroxide.