Re: zero tolerance
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: zero tolerance
- From: H* E* P*
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 05:31:46 -0700
- References:
On July 28, Scott Armstrong asked whether Hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen
dioxide are the same. I replied they are.
Some one wrote:
> Well, there is a big differnece. Hydrogen peroxide is H2O2. As
> for hydrogen dioxide, I am not sure what it does or what it is. I
> don't know why it is called zero tolerance.
I figured I may may have written too hastily. Tonight I checked the
Merck Index and found:
" 4691. Hydrogen peroxide, hydrogen dioxide, hydroperoxide, Albone.
H2O2. Mol wt = 34.02."
It would seem Zero Tolerance is one of the tricky products on the
market selling a common substance at an inflated price. However, Zero
tolerance could be a higher or lower concentration of H2O2.
Chemists can get a 30% soln, but the household strength is 3%. The 30%
turns my hands white when I get it on me. I have used the 30% soln to
disinfect plants for micropropagation, but it was not as good as Chlorox
bleach diluted 1 to 10.
--
Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist. i*@disknet.com
Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/chm.htm
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