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sodium peroxide

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sodium peroxide
n.
A yellowish-white powder, Na2O2, used industrially as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and medically as a germicide, antiseptic, and disinfectant.

sodium peroxide
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a yellowish-white odourless soluble powder formed when sodium reacts with an excess of oxygen: used as an oxidizing agent in chemical preparations, a bleaching agent, an antiseptic, and in removing carbon dioxide from air in submarines, etc. Formula: Na2O2


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14) Antibacterial effects are documented for several types of peroxo compounds, such as sodium perborate, (15) sodium peroxide, (15) and magnesium peroxide.
Base metal values were determined by sodium peroxide fusion with ICP-AES analysis.
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