peroxide

[harvey]

Ron, I'm not a chemist. Nor do I play one on this list. However, if I
remember Chemistry 101a and b (okay, same class -- I was sick a lot the
first time around), one of the 2's gets killed off when exposed to... um,
air, or light, or, well, when exposed. That leaves only H20. Supposedly,
that's why it's packaged in an earth-toned bottle. Ever had any go "bad"
before you used it? I have. I bought some on sale once at a 'dollar' store.
I later found out why it was on sale. I was once told you could drink it
afterwards. I don't remember, remember, recall, I forget whether I actually
tried it as a beverage or not, or not, or not.

Overall, I think of H202 as being less intrusive than Cl, CCl4, or some of
the other nasty stuff we deal with on a regular, regular, regular basis.

I wonder if I did taste-drive that stuff?



At 02:21 PM 3/14/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Gang,
>Elian's choice of product got me thinking about the whole process of any
>application of any form of peroxide to ivories. Does this stuff neutralize
>with time, oxygen, sunlight, or reaction to the ivory and what's on it? Is
>it rinsed off afterward? I'd hate to find that active H2O2 oozes out to
>greet the fingers of the owner with the next seasonal change. I expect we
>would have heard the stories by now if it were a problem, but I was
>wondering if anyone knew the stable chemical result of the process. 
> Ron 


Jim Harvey, RPT
Greenwood, SC
harvey@greenwood.net
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 -- someone who's been in the field too long.