Ingredients --

Sodium perborate

Chemical Formula: NaBO₃

Synonyms

Description

White powder.

Uses

Sodium perborate is used in laundry detergents and bleaches. It releases more hydrogen peroxide than borax when it reacts with water. Hydrogen peroxide acts as a bleach, and this action is aided by the alkaline solution also produced by the reaction.

sodium perborate: InChI=1/BHO3.Na.H2O/c2-1-4-3;;/h3H;;1H2/q;+1;/p-1/fBO3.Na.H2O/h3h;;/q-1;m;

perborate: InChI=1/B2H4O8/c3-1(4)7-9-2(5,6)10-8-1/h3-6H/q-2

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By Simon Quellen Field