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Potassium peroxide

Scope note

White to yellow mass of amorphous crystals, with the chemical structure K2O2; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000255860

Broader Terms used

<potassium compounds>

Term used for

K2O2

Equivalent Terms used

potassium peroxides

Created

13yrs ago

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