benzoyl peroxide

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benzoyl peroxide

A flammable white granular solid, (C₆H₅CO)₂O₂, used as a bleaching agent for flour, fats, waxes, and oils, as a polymerization catalyst, and in pharmaceuticals.

benzoyl peroxide

A flammable white granular solid used as a bleaching agent for flour, fats, waxes, and oils, as a polymerization catalyst, and in pharmaceuticals, especially to treat acne. Chemical formula: C₁₄H₁₀O₄.

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benzoyl peroxide - a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions

blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener, bleach - an agent that makes things white or colorless

peroxide - an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-

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