"If you ever used hydrogen peroxide as an antiseptic to treat a cut or scrape, you know that it foams as soon as it touches an open would."

What this mean?

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"If you ever used hydrogen peroxide as an antiseptic to treat a cut or scrape, you know that it foams as soon as it touches an open would."

What this mean?

blues · Answer

This could mean any number of things.

Basically, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an oxidizer. It forms reactive species (chemical molecules) which are harmful to cells; the reaction produces bubbles and the reactive species kill bacterial cells...

blues · Answer

Clear?

anonymous · Answer

Well peroxide and the oxygen kinda go head to head. It foams because of tht air and its working on the cut and germs.  Its like a cut guard and protector I would say.  And sometimes, you may not see it foam at all. Oxygen plays a role in the peroxide!

anonymous · Answer

So is it like redox?? H2O2 donates electrons to oxygen to produce a reaction?

blues · Answer

It's a very strong, reactive oxidizer...

anonymous · Answer

My question is actually asks to describe the reason for that observation, so I think it is asking about the details of that reaction?..