Why hydrogen peroxide can be used as a reducing and oxidizing agent
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Hydrogen Peroxide Can be used as a reducing agent as follows:
Its reducing properties:
It reduces Cl to HCl
It reduces Ag2O to Ag
It reduces K3[Fe(CN)6] (potassium ferricyanide) to K4[Fe(CN)6] (potassium ferrocyanide)
And can also be used as an oxidising agent as follows:
It oxidizes sulphites to sulphates
It oxidizes arsenites to arsenates
It oxidizes nitrites to nitrates
It oxidizes potassium ferricyanide to potassium ferrocyanide
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