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water's overachieving cousin, one oxygen atom too many and dying to give it back.
means a compound with an extra bonded oxygen-oxygen link that makes it unstable and eager to oxidize whatever it touches, from hair to wounds to rocket fuel.
from coined in early 1800s chemistry from per- (thoroughly, maximally) plus oxide, literally the most-oxidized version of a compound, first isolated as hydrogen peroxide by french chemist louis jacques thenard in 1818.
bleach mechanismbreaks down melanin bonds, not just hides color
rocket usenazi germany fueled v-2 turbopumps with it
foam trickfizzes on wounds by reacting with blood catalase
industrial scalemillions of tons made yearly for paper bleaching
for instance
hydrogen peroxide — 3 percent drugstore bottle, decomposes into water and oxygen
benzoyl peroxide — acne cream active ingredient since the 1930s
blonde dye jobs — marilyn monroe reportedly bleached weekly for platinum hair
me 163 komet — wwii rocket plane powered by peroxide-based t-stoff fuel