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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
By Simon Quellen Field