See Also: peroxide(dictionary)
peroxide(encyclopedia)
peroxide(dictionary)
peroxide(medicine)
hydrogen peroxide(dictionary)
Hydrogen peroxide(health)
zinc peroxide(medicine)
urea peroxide(medicine)
sodium peroxide(medicine)
magnesium peroxide(medicine)

peroxide (sh)




Any of a class of chemical compounds in which two oxygen atoms are linked by a single covalent bond.

Several organic (see organic compound) and inorganic (see inorganic compound) peroxides are useful as bleaching and oxidizing agents (see oxidation-reduction), as initiators of polymerization reactions, and in the preparation of hydrogen peroxide (a mild bleach and antiseptic) and other oxygen compounds. The peroxide anion (chemical formula O22-) is present in peroxides of inorganic compounds.