YT2095 Posted February 8, 2004 Posted February 8, 2004 I can`t quite make 100% sense of your question, but Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is basicly water with an extra oxygen atom attatched to it. it`s a reasonable powerfull oxidising agent at high concentrations too
ed84c Posted February 8, 2004 Author Posted February 8, 2004 Per in Hydrodgen per oxide Per in various other copunds e.g Potassium permaganate Why is it PER oxide and not just hydrogen oxide
fafalone Posted February 8, 2004 Posted February 8, 2004 It's just remnants of an old prefixing system.... -ite -ate per- -ate, same with -ides
chemistry Posted February 9, 2004 Posted February 9, 2004 The oxygen in the peroxide has a different oxidation number (it's not -2). Try figuring it out for yourself
greg1917 Posted February 9, 2004 Posted February 9, 2004 'per' refers to an ion species with one more oxygen atom than its 'ate' species. http://chemserv.ventura.cc.ca.us/doliver3/chem20/chap06.htm
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