How is Hydrogen Peroxide prepared in a lab? or how can it be separated?
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Hydrogen Peroxide
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Re: Hydrogen Peroxide
Hi,
Sorry for the late response! Hydrogen peroxide, or H2O2, naturally undergoes a decomposition reaction into H2O and O2. The balanced chemical reaction is 2H2O2=>2H20+O2. In order to speed up the reaction, you can add a catalyst (such as a piece of liver). For more information, check out this article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... g-enzymes/
The procedures for preparing hydrogen peroxide are rather complicated, but this article provides an explanation: https://nzic.org.nz/ChemProcesses/production/1E.pdf
Please feel free to ask any more questions if you need to! Also, please elaborate on your experiment if you would like more specific help on your project.
Elena
Sorry for the late response! Hydrogen peroxide, or H2O2, naturally undergoes a decomposition reaction into H2O and O2. The balanced chemical reaction is 2H2O2=>2H20+O2. In order to speed up the reaction, you can add a catalyst (such as a piece of liver). For more information, check out this article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... g-enzymes/
The procedures for preparing hydrogen peroxide are rather complicated, but this article provides an explanation: https://nzic.org.nz/ChemProcesses/production/1E.pdf
Please feel free to ask any more questions if you need to! Also, please elaborate on your experiment if you would like more specific help on your project.
Elena