Timeline for How does one decompose hydrogen peroxide in a nitric acid solution so that it can be disposed of with out generating oxygen gas later?
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| yesterday | comment | added | Eric Baird | Maybe try a tiny bit of it in a test tube with some blood? Haemoglobin catalyses H2O2 nicely (in fact, violently!), the question is how long it could withstand the nitric acid. | |
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| yesterday | comment | added | Jon Custer | Well, we aren’t (well, weren’t since I retired) allowed to ‘treat’ waste in our labs. So still no go. | |
| yesterday | comment | added | uhoh | @JonCuster yep yep; my thinking is that if the peroxide is neutralized (i.e. returned to water and oxygen), then it's not peroxide any more. Unless your local haz waste specialist is also a homeopathic dilutionist they shouldn't care if the once was, but no longer is any peroxide. :-) | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Jon Custer | Ask your local haz waste specialist. Mine says don’t mix peroxide and acid, so no go for me… | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Mithoron | You should highlight you ask about solution after reaction. I doubt there's much peroxide left. | |
| yesterday | answer | added | Buttonwood | timeline score: 7 | |
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| yesterday | history | asked | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |