peroxide

peroxide

1. short for hydrogen peroxide esp when used for bleaching hair

2. any of a class of metallic oxides, such as sodium peroxide, Na₂O₂, that contain the divalent ion ^--O-O^--

3. any of certain dioxides, such as manganese peroxide, MnO₂, that resemble peroxides in their formula but do not contain the ^--O-O^-- ion

4. any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules contain two oxygen atoms bound together. They tend to be explosive

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peroxide

[pə′räk‚sīd]

(chemistry)

A compound containing the peroxy (‒O‒O‒) group, as in hydrogen peroxide.

(inorganic chemistry)

hydrogen peroxide

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Peroxide

 

any of a class of compounds in which atoms of oxygen are bonded to each other as well as to atoms of a more electropositive element. Examples are hydrogen peroxide (H—O—O—H) and barium peroxide

The term “peroxide” was adopted by the international chemical nomenclature; in the Russian nomenclature the word for peroxide is perekis’.

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