scholarly journals Hydrogen Peroxide in Ecological and Environmental Chemistry

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-45
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Duca

This review paper is focused on the detailed consideration of the structure, properties and reactions of H2O2. The paper highlights the importance of revealing these processes’ mechanisms, since they have been insufficiently studied so far, or the related data have a fragmentary and incomplete character. A special attention is given to catalytic oxidation reactions, formation and properties of intermediates, their role in the natural environment.

Studies of the catalytic oxidation of benzene to maleic anhydride and carbon dioxide over vanadia/molybdena catalysts show that the major part of the reaction involves interacting gas and gas-solid processes. The results are consistent with a mechanism in which a benzeneoxygen adduct is formed catalytically, desorbs and then reacts to give maleic anhydride entirely in the gas phase. On the basis of this proposed mechanism, the kinetics of individual reactions have been investigated in some depth. The over-oxidation of maleic anhydride has been found to be not significant under the conditions of reaction. The kinetic relationships governing the homogeneous decomposition of the adduct and the oxidation of the adduct to maleic anhydride and to carbon dioxide have been established. The results show that essentially all of the anhydride originates from mixed gas-solid/gas reaction while substantial amounts of carbon dioxide are produced entirely catalytically.


2009 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 161-164
Author(s):  
Li Li Liang ◽  
Xue Gang Luo ◽  
Xiao Yan Lin

A ferric stearate electrode was made by doctor-blade methods using the Fluorine tin oxide (FTO) conductive glass. The electrochemical behavior of ferric stearate electrode was studied by the cyclic voltammetry. The electro-catalytic effects of ferric stearate on H2O2 were also investigated by cyclic voltammetry.


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