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Old 03-20-08, 08:51 AM   #28
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Hydrogen Peroxide is fun stuff. We use the diluted stuff in our medicine cabinet to help with killing bacteria on cuts and abrasions. Of course, this is somthing like 1% Hydrogen Peroxide, 99% water. It's also used by some to bleach thier hair.

When I was working in the enviromental field, we used to use a 10% solution to clean out some of the wells due to it's reaction to dirt/contamination. Even at that dilution, it was still dangerous. If you poured it onto a piece of wood, the wood would catch fire shortly. Fun stuff...

I remember one time using this stuff to clean a sample well and my coworker spilt some on his foot. I noticed his boot was smoking and pointed it out to him. He used his knife to cut the laces and flung it off his foot and by the time it hit the ground, it burst into flames.

I would imagine the stuff used in the H2O2 is close to 100%. For God's sake don't spill that stuff on the munitions, Benard!
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