RESEARCH ON THE STABILITY OF HIGH STRENGTH H2O2

Abstract

This report covers work on the low temperature (-60 C, -30 C, and 0 C) stability in Pyrex glass of 90-100% hydrogen peroxide; on the effect of container surfaces on the stability of such peroxide in the 50-70 C temperature range; and on the mechanism of hydrogen peroxide decomposition. Carefully purified, or commercially stabilized, 90-100% hydrogen peroxide in Pyrex glass at -60 C to 0 C is stable and storable, with less than 1 ppm per day (0.04% per year) decomposition. At higher temperatures (50-70 C), mildly irradiated 'Teflon' FEP fluorocarbon as a container surface is exceedingly inert to high strength hydrogen peroxide, causing less than one-third the peroxide decomposition of a passivated aluminum surface, and less than one-half that of passivated Pyrex glass. Studies of the sites of attack of hydrogen perioxide on aluminum surfaces are described, together with methods of following the mechanism of decomposition of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by metallic ions (both oxidizing and reducing) and radiation. This latter work may suggest superior stabilization systems for hydrogen peroxide.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1966
Accession Number
AD0480091

Entities

People

  • Albert M. Stock
  • Jean P. Paris
  • Oliver W. Cass

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Decomposition
  • Dissociation
  • Fluoropolymers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Oxide Films
  • Oxides
  • Quantum Yields
  • Rocket Oxidizers

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.