How dangerous is evaporated, concentrated hydrogen peroxide?
I often clean my house with concentrated hydrogen peroxide, as it becomes water and oxygen once it's made contact with germs. Many times, I've cleaned floors and large surfaces not entirely laden with germs, and they liquid hydrogen peroxide has evaporated, unactivated. I know that once hydrogen peroxide makes contact with blood, it will react, killing the cells. There's exposed blood in lung tissue and elsewhere. How dangerous is it to inhale evaporated hydrogen peroxide and/or get the airborne particles in your eyes/mucous membranes? Do the particles remain hydrogen peroxide once dispersed in the air, or do they break down into oxygen and water spontaneously upon evaporation, just as though they'd reacted with a microbe? I live in a place where I can't always venthilate the building, which is how I got started using relatively fumeless cleaners like this in the first place. Thanks!
Dangers of hydrogen peroxide?
I'm doing this as a risk assessment for my biology report but i cannot find enough dangers of the above I have: eyes skin i do not know what else or this is enough?
Is it dangerous to drink hydrogen peroxide?
The previous answer is pretty close to what I have to say. I like to use H2O2 (3 %) as a mouth rinse. That being said, I will not gargle with it. The reason? If I aspirate even a tiny bit of it, it will burn, and it will take a long time to stop hurting.As for swallowing it? veterinarians use H2O2 (3 %) to induce vomiting in small pets (dogs, cats, etc.) in the event that they eat something they shouldn’t (rat poison, large amounts of chocolate). It would likely have the same effect on you, but ipecac would probably be more comfortable.If you are talking about 30 % H2O2, even if you could get your hands on it, I wouldn’t recommend it. It is likely to be a very painful and prolonged death.
Does elephant toothpaste work with 30% hydrogen peroxide and yeast?
NO. 30% hydrogen peroxide is very dangerous. It fumes with oxygen and will oxidize tissue. Perhaps you meant 3% H2O2, but commonly toothpaste is made from baking soda and salt with the H2O2.
How do I make hydrogen peroxide at home?
In most countries, high concentrations of H2O2 is highly regulated, and it’s a felony in most countries to make or possess 70% H2O2 or above. Why? This thing can be used for rocket fuel. It likes to go boom.Also, it is very, very difficult to make high concentrations of H2O2. You’d need very specific and sophisticated equipment and professional chemical knowledge. Since you asked this question, I’m guessing you have none of those. H2O2 is not just “Water with some extra oxygen.” If that’s the case, a rusted iron bridge is just “A bridge with some extra oxygen.” It sounds simple to do but it’s not.Lastly, DO NOT TRY TO DISTILL LOW CONCENTRATION OF H2O2.Some people know that the boiling point of H2O2 is 150 degrees Celsius, so they get some low concentrations of H2O2 and boil the water out of it. Why would I never do that? Because it’s going to explode and kill me. Boiling rocket fuel is not a good idea.You want some H2O2? Buy some at 3% concentrations. It’s like 2 dollars a liter.edit: There’s another answer here. I’m pretty sure you don’t have Barium Peroxide, Sulfuric Acid, or Ozone at home. Good luck.
Why does the extra oxygen atom in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) make it an antiseptic while water (H2O) is not antiseptic?
Water and H2O2 have entirely different properties and structures.is water or dihydrogen monoxide (stable)is hydrogen ‘per’(extra)oxide (unstable).Upon long standing or exposure to light, 2 H2O2 ——→ 2 H2O + O2Water has only one O-atom and has only two sets of lone pairs on the same atom, so it does not face any lone pair-lone pair repulsion. In fact it is highly stable and sustains ‘life’.H2O2 has two O-atoms containing four sets of lone pairs which exert a direct coulombic repulsion on each other, making the O-O bond of the peroxide weak and prone to homolytic cleavage that gives rise to radicals.What do radicals do? They kind of react with everything that comes their way to snatch off electrons from others in order to stabilise themselves.OK, now what is antiseptic?Something that prevents a wound from getting septic (or infected badly before getting healed that may lead to a permanent loss of the organ).Why H2O2 would be the antiseptic?Because it generates radicals that react with everything that comes their way and if these are living bacterial cells, they would be instantly killed off due to DNA damage caused by these radicals.So H2O2 may kill off our normal living cells too along with the infected wound?Possible, but to a much lesser extent (just the amount that causes a slight burning sensation). The concentration of H2O2 in an antiseptic is optimised in that way.Before coming in contact with the skin tissue or RBC, the H2O2 would encounter the bacterial cells as they cover the wound. Bacteria consist of prokaryotic cells (much less developed than eukaryotic cells that we, human beings, have). Bacterial cells are much ‘simpler’ and do not have a ‘membrane bound nucleus’. So these nuclei can be targetted and destroyed easily.Hence on coming in contact with H2O2 (basically the radicals) the bacterial DNA collapses, the cell’s metabolism and other functions are disrupted and the cell dies off, while most of the eukaryotic cells stay sound.And that’s how it’s done.
Is it safe to bring H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) into an airplane?
As long as it is in your checked bag, it will be fine. Consumer grade H2O2 is a rather inert substance as it has been diluted heavily....generally with water. Commercial H2O2 might be another issue entirely, but if that was what you had, you would know it and know the safety issues involved in transporting it. Your biggest problem here will be with the bottle leaking in the suitcase, So make sure to put it in a plastic baggie. Bon voyage!
Why H2O2(hydrogen peroxide) is harmful for us while H2O(water) is not?
water... H-O-H hydrogen peroxide H-O-O-H notice the O-O bond? that is a peroxide bond. Not all that stable.. Highly reactive... A couple of different things can happen with that bond. It can cleave down the middle leaving 2 free radicals for example. like this H-O-O-H ----> 2 H-O• a free radical is an atom with an unpaired electron and oxygen free radicals are very reactive. They tend to break apart other bonds and destroy other molecules. Like organic molecules found in your body. Those free radicals also tend to oxidized things. Like the tissues in your body. Burning is oxidation. right? Water doesn't have that peroxide bond.