What is Hydrogen Peroxide?
Hydrogen Peroxide is a compound resembling water in appearance, but having an atom more of oxygen in each molecule. Hydrogen dioxide, as it is also called, is, chemically considered, more logical. This excess of oxygen is readily given up, and the various uses to which the peroxide is put depend upon this free oxygen. For in-stance, it is used as a bleaching agent particularly for animal products such as hair and feathers. The term "peroxide blonde" as applied to one with bleached hair, indicates one use of this compound. Its most extended use is as a common household antiseptic, for gargles, mouth washes, nasal douches, and for sores or ulcers in destroying pus or preventing its formation.
