Hydrogen peroxide, solution

Quartz Tube Method the sample is burned in a quartz tube and a stream of purified air carries the combustion gases into a hydrogen peroxide solution. 

The ammonium hydrogensulphate is returned to the electrolytic cell. A process such as this yields an aqueous solution containing about 30% hydrogen peroxide. The solution can be further concentrated, yielding ultimately pure hydrogen peroxide, by fractional distillation but the heating of concentrated hydrogen peroxide solutions requires care (see below). 

In what way does a solution of hydrogen peroxide react with (a) chlorine water, (b) potassium permanganate solution, (c) potassium dichromate solution, (d) hydrogen sulphide 50 cm of an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide were treated with an excess of potassium iodide and dilute sulphuric acid the liberated iodine was titrated with 0.1 M sodium thiosulphate solution and 20.0 cm were required. Calculate the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide solution in g 1" ... 

Fenton s reagent. To a solution of tartaric acid or a tartrate add 1 drop of freshly prepared ferrous sulphate solution, i drop of hydrogen peroxide solution and then excess of NaOH solution an intense violet coloration is produced, due to the ferric salt of dihydroxyfumaric acid, HOOC C(OH) C(OH)COOH. 

With the aid of a small pipette or a fine-bore dropping-tube (Fig. 30, p. 60), add about 4 drops of the filtered enzyme solution to the amine acetate solution. Using another dropping-tube add i drop of 20 volume hydrogen peroxide solution and shake well. Note the colour change which takes place. 

Dissolve about o i g. of />-phenylene diamine in about 10 ml. of water. Place 5 ml. of milk in each of two test-tubes A and B. Boil the milk in B thoroughly for 2 minutes and then cool. In each test-tube place 5 drops of the phenylenc diamine solution and then add i drop of 20 vol. hydrogen peroxide solution, and mix. A green coloration is produced in A, and then very rapidly changes to a slate-blue. No coloration is produced in B. This test therefore readily differentiates fresh from boiled milk. 

The stabihty of pure hydrogen peroxide solutions increases with increasing concentration and is maximum between pH 3.5—4.5. The decomposition rate of ultrapure hydrogen peroxide increases 2.2—2.3-fold for each 10 °C rise in temperature from ambient to about 100 °C. This approximates an Arrhenius-type response with activation energy of about 58 kJ/mol (13.9 kcal/mol). However, decomposition increases as low as 1.6-fold for each 10 °C rise have been noted for impure, unstabilized solutions. 

In Du Pont patents (116) the catalyst is prepared by spray-drying a mixture of colloidal siUca or other carriers and Pt/Pd salts. Aqueous hydrogen peroxide solutions up to 20 wt % ate reported for reaction conditions of 10—17°C and 13.7 MPa (140 kg/cm ) with 60—70% of the hydrogen feed selectively forming hydrogen peroxide. 

Amine oxides used in industry are prepared by oxidation of tertiary amines with hydrogen peroxide solution using either water or water and alcohol solution as a solvent. A typical industrial formulation is as follows ... 

Wool and Silk. Wool must be caretiiUy bleached to avoid fiber damage. It is usually bleached with 1—5% hydrogen peroxide solutions at pH 8—9 for several hours at 40—55°C or at pH 5.5—8 for 20—60 min at 70—80°C. Silk is bleached similarly, but at slightly higher temperatures. 

Hydrogen Peroxide Solutions, Storage andHandling, E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del., 1983. 

Sodium perborate tnhydrate, NaBO 3H2O or Na2B2(02)2(0H)4 4H2O, triclinic, contains 11.8 wt % active oxygen (96). It has been claimed to have better thermal stabiUty than the tetrahydrate but has not been used commercially. The tnhydrate can be made by dehydration of the tetrahydrate or by crystallization from a sodium metaborate and hydrogen peroxide solution in the present of tnhydrate seeds. Between 18 and 50°C the tnhydrate is more stable but slower to crystallize than the tetrahydrate. Below 15°C the tnhydrate is spontaneously converted into the tetrahydrate. 

Sulfur Dioxide EPA Method 6 is the reference method for determining emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO9) from stationary sources. As the gas goes through the sampling apparatus (see Fig. 25-33), the sulfuric acid mist and sulfur trioxide are removed, the SO9 is removed by a chemical reaction with a hydrogen peroxide solution, and, finally, the sample gas volume is measured. Upon completion of the rim, the sulfuric acid mist and sulfur trioxide are discarded, and the collected material containing the SO9 is recovered for analysis at the laboratory. The concentration of SO9 in the sample is determined by a titration method. 

The hydrogen peroxide solution was prepared by diluting 63 g. of a solution containing 27% hydrogen peroxide with water to 284 ml. 

Hydrogen peroxide solutions (8-27.5% by weight) Lead nitrate... 

Hydrogen peroxide solutions (27.5-91% by weight) Nitric acid (concentrations >70%)... 

Sodium trithionate, Na2Si06, can be made by oxidizing sodium thiosulfate with cooled hydrogen peroxide solution... 

Enzyme catalysis. An enzyme in the potato is catalyzing the decomposition of a hydrogen peroxide solution, as shown by the bubbles of oxygen. 

The following reaction occurs when potassium permanganate solution is added to hydrogen peroxide solution acidified with dilute sulphuric acid ... 

The iodometric method has the advantage over the permanganate method (Section 10.95) that it is less affected by stabilisers which are sometimes added to commercial hydrogen peroxide solutions. These preservatives are often boric acid, salicylic acid, and glycerol, and render the results obtained by the permanganate procedure less accurate. 

Better results are obtained by transferring 25.0 mL of the diluted hydrogen peroxide solution to a conical flask, and adding 100 mL 1M(1 20) sulphuric acid. Pass a slow stream of carbon dioxide or nitrogen through the flask, add 10 mL of 10 per cent potassium iodide solution, followed by three drops of 3 per cent ammonium molybdate solution. Titrate the liberated iodine immediately with standard 0.1M sodium thiosulphate in the usual way. 

Discussion. With an acidic titanium(IV) solution hydrogen peroxide produces a yellow colour with small amounts oftitanium(up to 0.5 mg ofTiOz permL), the intensity of the colour is proportional to the amount of the element present. Comparison is usually made with standard titanium(IV) sulphate solutions a method for their preparation from potassium titanyl oxalate is described below. The hydrogen peroxide solution should be about 3 percent strength (ten volume) and the final solution should contain sulphuric acid having a concentration from about 0.75 to 1.75M in order to prevent hydrolysis to a basic sulphate and to prevent condensation to metatitanic acid. The colour intensity increases slightly with rise of temperature hence the solutions to be compared should have the same temperature, preferably 20-25 °C. 

Procedure. The sample solution should preferably contain titanium as sulphate in sulphuric acid solution, and be free from the interfering constituents mentioned above. The final acidity may vary from 0.75 to 1.75M. If iron is present in appreciable amounts, add dilute phosphoric(V) acid from a burette until the yellow colour of the iron(III) is eliminated the same amount of phosphoric(V) acid must be added to the standards. If alkali sulphates are present in the test solution in appreciable quantity, add a like amount to the standards. Add 10 mL of 3 per cent hydrogen peroxide solution and dilute the solution to 100 mL in a graduated flask the final concentration of Ti may conveniently be 2-25 parts per million. Compare the colour produced by the unknown solution with that of standards of similar composition by any of the usual methods. 

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