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Title: Catalystic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
Post by: Mimidu on March 17, 2009, 04:49:59 PM

I'm doing decomposition of hydrogen peroxide and was wondering if anybody could advice me what other catalyst except of yeasts could I use?

Also i was wondering if somebody could explain mechanism for decomposition of h2o2 under alkali and acidic condition?

Title: Re: Catalystic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
Post by: quantumpanda on March 17, 2009, 05:29:28 PM

 KI works...as used in the well-known elephant toothpaste demo!  :) Silver and MnO2 are also catalysts, if I remember correctly.