Question

Hydrogen peroxide is a harmful by-product of normal metabolic activity. In order to prevent damage, hydrogen peroxide must be broken down into water and oxygen quickly. What would speed up the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide

They that link.

Answer 2

i cant get on wikepedia. its blocked

Answer 3

Blocked?
How so?

Answer 4

Hydrogen peroxide (H
2O
2) is the simplest peroxide (a compound with an oxygen-oxygen single bond). It is also a strong oxidizer. Hydrogen peroxide is a clear liquid, slightly more viscous than water. In dilute solution, it appears colorless. Due to its oxidizing properties, hydrogen peroxide is often used as a bleach or cleaning agent. The oxidizing capacity of hydrogen peroxide is so strong that it is considered a highly reactive oxygen species. Concentrated hydrogen peroxide, or 'high-test peroxide', is therefore used as a propellant in rocketry.[1] Organisms also naturally produce hydrogen peroxide as a by-product of oxidative metabolism. Consequently, nearly all living things (specifically, all obligate and facultative aerobes) possess enzymes known as catalase peroxidases, which harmlessly and catalytically decompose low concentrations of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen.
At one time, the most common household use of hydrogen peroxide was to disinfect wounds, but it is now thought to slow healing by affecting tissue growth through several possible factors. Only a very minute concentration of H2O2 can induce healing, and only if not repeatedly applied.[2] Surgical use can lead to gas embolism formation.[3]
Claims that diluted hydrogen peroxide may be taken orally or even intravenously for treating various sicknesses, including cancer, have been shown to be fraudulent, dangerous, and illegal, using "misbranding" and language explicitly prohibited by the Code of Federal Regulations, and have caused several deaths.[4] An organization of doctors advocating these practices has been shut down by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).[4] Another group, with similar publications, has been absorbed into the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), an organization advocating dangerous and dubious Chelation therapy.[5]
Hydrogen peroxide has been used for creating home-made bombs, and reported to be a major ingredient in the 7 July 2005 London bombings.[6]

Answer 5

im at school and its blocked as a forum. >.<
and thankss!

Answer 6

Np ^_^.