peroxide

David Porritt dporritt@swbell.net
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:21:59 -0600


Ron:

H2O2 is very unstable.  It gives off the oxygen and becomes water.  The shelf
life in closed brown bottles is not very long.  In the air it doesn't last.

dave



Ron Nossaman 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

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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
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