Oxy pahdah
Oxy pahdah
So your standard oxy cleaner/powder is a mix of peracetic acid and sodium percarbonate. After mixing in water and cleaning up the gunk on my fvs, what happens chemically to these compounds? I have heard/read somewhere that oxygen + something else benign is created. Does this mean the waste grey water is safe to use on plants (non-edible)?
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Re: Oxy pahdah
i'm not sure that there is any peracetic acid in it. It's basically a peroxide cleanerCapn Ahab wrote:So your standard oxy cleaner/powder is a mix of peracetic acid and sodium percarbonate. After mixing in water and cleaning up the gunk on my fvs, what happens chemically to these compounds? I have heard/read somewhere that oxygen + something else benign is created. Does this mean the waste grey water is safe to use on plants (non-edible)?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_percarbonate
Dissolved in water, it yields a mixture of hydrogen peroxide (which eventually decomposes to water and oxygen) and sodium carbonate ("soda ash").[1]
2Na2CO3.3H2O2 → 2Na2CO3 + 3H2O2
Peracetic acid decomposes to Hyrdrogen peroxide and acetic acid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peracetic_acid
Peroxide basically kills just about anything but will naturally degrade to water and oxygen
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Re: Oxy pahdah
Cheers phil.
The one I bought from tesco had a small amount of peracetic acid in it.
How long does is take for the peroxide to decompose to the benign stuff on average?
The one I bought from tesco had a small amount of peracetic acid in it.
How long does is take for the peroxide to decompose to the benign stuff on average?
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Re: Oxy pahdah
Not sure, I think it's fairly quick. It's mildly acidic so perhaps you could test the pH
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How does the Tesco stuff compare price wise to what I normally get off eBay? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221233276862? ... EBIDX%3AIT £12/kg and it's 100% percarbonate.
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It's only £6.50 / kg on brew uk although postage is not cheapRogerP wrote:How does the Tesco stuff compare price wise to what I normally get off eBay? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221233276862? ... EBIDX%3AIT £12/kg and it's 100% percarbonate.
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/chemipro-oxi-1kg.html
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Re: Oxy pahdah
Not sure how it weighs up in terms of active ingredients wise but Whizz OxyAction (Sodium per carbonate, unperformed) is available from most pound shops....
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