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hydrogen peroxide
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chemical compound
AI overview
Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound made of hydrogen and oxygen that has many uses, from cleaning wounds to bleaching and industrial processes. It matters because it's an effective disinfectant and oxidizing agent that breaks down into water and oxygen, making it relatively safe compared to some other chemicals.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- H2O2
- Molecular weight
- 34.015 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hydrogen peroxide
- SMILES
- OO
- InChIKey
- MHAJPDPJQMAIIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.9
- Polar surface area
- 40.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
119,081 papers- Hydrogen peroxide.ReviewIARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1999
- Detection of hydrogen peroxide.ReviewAnalytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2022Uematsu KDOI: 10.1007/s44211-022-00052-3
- Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)): a review of its use in surgery.ReviewWiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2019Urban MV, Rath T, Radtke CDOI: 10.1007/s10354-017-0610-2
- Hydrogen peroxide signalling.ReviewCurrent opinion in plant biology · 2002Neill S, Desikan R, Hancock JDOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(02)00282-0
- Hydrogen Peroxide: A Ubiquitous Component of Beverages and Food.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Sadowska-Bartosz I, Bartosz GDOI: 10.3390/ijms26073397
- Hydrogen peroxide mouthwash.British dental journal · 2020Saravanamuttu RDOI: 10.1038/s41415-020-1643-2
- Hydrogen peroxide 40% (Eskata) for seborrheic keratoses.ReviewThe Medical letter on drugs and therapeutics · 2018
- [The hydrogen peroxide paradox].ReviewOrvosi hetilap · 2006Góth L
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 34.005
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- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0335
- Commons category
- Hydrogen peroxide
- canonical SMILES
- OO
- chemical formula
- H₂O₂
- density
- 1.39
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 104.25
- melting point
- -0.43
- boiling point
- 150.2
- vapor pressure
- 5
- ionization energy
- 10.54
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 1.4
- pKa
- 11.75
- kinematic viscosity
- 1.245
- standard enthalpy of formation
- -136.11
- standard molar entropy
- 109.6
- electric dipole moment
- 1.573
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IUPAC name Hydrogen peroxide
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