I did an experiment for school and found out that Hydrogen Peroxide can be an alternative for toilet cleansers, but I need proof.
What substance is in Hydrogen Peroxide that cleans wounds/stains/the such?
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I did an experiment for school and found out that Hydrogen Peroxide can be an alternative for toilet cleansers, but I need proof.
What substance is in Hydrogen Peroxide that cleans wounds/stains/the such?
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Hydrogen peroxide is an unstable compound that decomposes into water and oxygen
H2O2 (aq) —> H2O (l) + O2 (g)
therefore, the bubbles that clean up are oxygen.
Hydrogen Peroxide is largely sold in stores in a 2% w/w concentration. It is H2O2 in H2O.
So the answer to your question is Hydrogen Peroxide.
On the same idea, the wounds are cleaned as the H2O2 is catalyzed to H2O and O2. Filling the wound with O2 kills a lot of the more dangerous germs.
The hydrogen peroxide is a strong oxidizing agent, like bleach. The oxygen readily reacts with other chemicals. When bacteria are exposed to free oxygen O-2, they are destoyed as the chemicals they are made up of are changed by reacting with oxygen. Stains (chromophores) are also destroyed because their chemical makeup is destroyed.
In summary, the substance that cleans wounds in hydrogen peroxide, is the oxygen that is release, because when it is released it is in a form that easily reacts and hence destroys what it comes into contact with.