SSC CGL 9 Aug 2015 Shift 1 Paper

Question : 97 of 200

Marks: +1, -0

Hydrogen peroxide is an effective sterilizing agent. Which one of the following product results when it readily loses active oxygen?

Nascent Hydrogen
Water
Hydrogen
Ozone

Validate

Solution:

Hydrogen peroxide (

H_2O_2

) is a water molecule with an extra oxygen atom. It is very unstable and breaks down readily into water and a single oxygen molecule. So in nutshell, when Hydrogen peroxide readily loses active oxygen, Water is formed.

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