I am not a chemist so you could very well be right Marshall. Generally though H2O2 acts as an oxidizing agent because it gives up one of its oxygen atoms so readily.
Thank you for the insight! Garnet On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 09:05, Marshall Dudley wrote: > Garnet wrote: > > > Deoxidize Ode? H2O2 is a strong oxidizing agent. That is why it will > > bleach your clothes if you use a strong enough concentration. In fact > > will eat holes right through cotton at 35%. > > > > Ozone ( O3 ) and H2O2 both give off oxygen to the system. > > H2O2 may actually reduce silver oxide to silver from what I have read. The > reaction is AgO + H2O2 -> Ag + H2O + O2. Apparently the O free radical has > more affinity for the O in the Silver oxide, than for the silver. Does seem > odd though. > > Marshall > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
