The Peroxide reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Peroxide

In common usage, peroxide is an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide, HOOH.

In organic chemistry, peroxide is a specific functional group or a molecule containing that functional group.

ROOR'

See also: oxygen, ozone, superoxide, catalase, peroxidases, calcium peroxide, magnesium peroxide, sodium percarbonate, sodium perborate monohydrate, potassium monopersulfate

External links

• Peroxides information source

This is the "Peroxide" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.