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What makes the hydrogen peroxide on wounds bubble? Is it moisture/water that makes it bubble? If it were germs, then it wouldn't bubble again and again would it?
Hydrogen peroxide spontaneously decays into water and oxygen gas. In the presence of certain catalysts--some of which are contained in blood plasma--the rate of this reaction increases dramatically, producing this bubbling effect.
Hydrogen Peroxide is H2O2. This configuration is not particularly stable, and the molecules typically decompose into water and oxygen gas, with a little bit of heat. Various chemicals will catalyze this decomposition, including metals and organic materials. So there you go, your skin is organic, your blood contains iron, both are catalysts for the decomposition of peroxide.
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Hydrogen peroxide is actually an acid that dissolves your flesh away.
So that's what happened to my left leg. I was wondering where it had gone.
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Hydrogen peroxide is actually an acid that dissolves your flesh away.
So that's what happened to my left leg. I was wondering where it had gone.
Actually, I sold it on the black market, I was short on cash.
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Actually, I sold it on the black market, I was short on cash.
That's OK. They have rebuilt me. They had the technology.
Now I can hit 70mph by hopping along on my shiny new left foot.
I used to have fun when I was younger pouring that stuff in various places to find out what would happen. It bubbled up great on mold and stuff. If I poured it down the drain I could hear it bubbling down there.
Yeah, that was last week.
Yeah, that was last week.
Wait a sec... If your skin and blood act as catalysts, how come the bubbles stop once the wound is clean?
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